Paperback, 276 pages
Expected
publication: September 1st 2016 by Lake Union Publishing
The Things We Wish Were True
by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen is part of the SheReads Summer book selections. SheReads is a community of bloggers that as a group
help promote specific books. We share reviews, thoughts, and our
feelings after reading books suggested to us by the wonderful people who
run the SheReads Organization.
In an idyllic small-town neighborhood, a near tragedy triggers a
series of dark revelations.
From the
outside, Sycamore Glen, North Carolina, might look like the perfect
all-American neighborhood. But behind the white picket fences lies a web of
secrets that reach from house to house.
Up and down the
streets, neighbors quietly bear the weight of their own pasts—until an accident
at the community pool upsets the delicate equilibrium. And when tragic
circumstances compel a woman to return to Sycamore Glen after years of self-imposed
banishment, the tangle of the neighbors’ intertwined lives begins to unravel.
During the
course of a sweltering summer, long-buried secrets are revealed, and the
neighbors learn that it’s impossible to really know those closest to us. But is
it impossible to love and forgive them?
My Thoughts…
I have read a
lot of small town stories, this one is a small neighborhood story. It is the type of neighborhood that everyone
wants to live in. You know your
neighbors, you know their families, and everyone comes together to help each
other out. There is a lot of drama and
even more heart within the neighbor’s story.
Jencey and
Bryte were best friends until Jencey moved away. They both want to reconnect yet there are
somethings they just cannot talk about.
This relationship was the most interesting to me. The boyfriends/husbands, the kids, and the
secrets all were things that they needed to discuss in more depth than just
how’s it going conversation. Yet,
something was keeping them from having this discussion. This is something I believe most friends
can relate to on some level when they move away or just grow apart. The reconnection is not easy and takes work
from both parties.
There were many
more happenings within the story. The
drama involved everyone in the neighborhood and more than once a story was
revealed and I was shocked that I didn’t see it coming. The last shocker was my favorite. It was the ending I hoped for and was sure
I was not going to get.
I recommend
this book to anyone looking for a fun story with relatable characters and a
story that you hope won’t ever end.
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