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Title details for All My Secrets by Lynn Austin - Available

All My Secrets

by Lynn Austin
Sarah Zimmerman
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Three generations of women in one family must reckon with the choices they have made and their hopes for the future.
New York, 1898. The only thing more shocking than Arthur Stanhope III's unexpected death is the revelation that his will bestows his company—and most of the vast fortune that goes with it—to the nearest male heir, leaving his mother, wife, and daughter nearly impoverished. His widow, Sylvia, quickly realizes
she must set aside her grief to ensure their daughter, Adelaide, is launched into society as soon as the appropriate mourning period passes. If Sylvia can find a wealthy husband for Addy before anyone realizes they're practically destitute, there will be little disruption to the lifestyle they're accustomed to.
Sylvia's mother-in-law, Junietta, believes their life could use a little disruption. She has watched Sylvia play her role as a society wife, as Junietta once did, despite what it cost them both. Junietta vows to give her granddaughter the power to choose a path beyond what society expects.
But for Addy to have that chance, both mother and grandmother must first confront painful truths about their own choices. Only in bringing their secrets to light can they hope to reshape their family inheritance into a legacy more fulfilling than they ever dared dream.

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  • Release date

    February 6, 2024

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9798891782532
      • File size: 363604 KB
      • Duration: 12:37:30

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 13, 2023
      Austin (Long Way Home) sets this engrossing family drama against a cloistered, glittering world of Gilded Age wealth. When New York City business magnate Arthur Stanhope III dies in 1898, leaving his fortune to his male next of kin (a “weaselly” old uncle), the Stanhope women—Arthur’s mother Junietta, wife Sylvia, and daughter Adelaide—are left adrift and uncertain of the future. Eager to hang onto their mansion and lavish lifestyle, Sylvia decides that 19-year-old Adelaide must marry a man of means. But Junietta has other ideas—“You can go anywhere and be anything want to be,” she tells her granddaughter, recalling how she’d been trapped by the rigid rules of her own high-society upbringing. Adelaide endures her mother’s dinner party setups until she starts to fall for the family’s young, middle-class lawyer. As issues with the mansion crest, Sylvia weighs whether to remain hostage to the rules of the upper crust, Junietta reflects on past regrets and a lost romance, and Adelaide must decide if true love is worth sacrificing her place in high-society New York. Austin brings a complex tangle of family bonds to life with nuance, delivering an inspiring message about the value of following one’s heart in the face of social pressures. The result will please Austin’s fans and should win her some new ones.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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