Review: I see you
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2012
Secrets is one of those books that might seem far-fetched but is quite possible.  It is the story of seven families that live in seven houses around a lake in a cul-de-sac.  The neighbors (and their children) spend time with each other having fun, gossiping and playing practical jokes on each other because they're friends.  Or are they?The people we choose to call "friend" share with us the ups and downs, the good and bad.  Sometimes we have different friends for different things:  A "shopping" friend; a "clubbing" friend; a "warm shoulder" friend...  And usually they don't overlap.  By contrast, we don't get to choose our neighbors and they see us at times and in situations that some of our friends don't and would never.  Neighbors have an unspoken agreement where they each know the others know their business but won't discuss it.Frank Montgomery is a neutral party and the voice of reason in this group.  Once he starts learning his neighbors' secrets, he sees there were little clues all along.Secrets is an excellent books because it shows how you know more about your neighbors than they think you do and they know more about you than you think they do.