I’d him them through the service, hadn’t trusted myself to keep playing my part if I gave in to my emotions. There are things that only sisters can understand, and those hidden things can mean so much more than one can imagine. Lastly, The Secrets We Keep is a story about sisters, and how complex the bond they share is.

But there are also bad weather friends, who know the real you, and don’t care whether you’re the best for everyone–because you’re the best for them and that’s enough. There are good weather friends, who stick with you because you’re popular and awesome, but leave you when you have nothing. The book also showed the kind of friends that everyone probably has. It tells us that while losing someone in the family is very unfortunate and sad, it also serves as a wake up call–love your family while you still have them. The Secrets We Keep is a story about loss and how it affects relationships. I just love how was able to figure things out. Molly’s mystery became a big question to me that was eventually answered. There were tough issues involving not just the sisters, but also a character named Molly. I’m also as confused as her – Ella’s mixed feelings with what she was doing made it hard to figure out whether she could continue playing her part. She killed herself to bring Maddy back, but she will never be Maddy and she chose not to give herself a chance to be understood. Caught in a web of lies, Ella is faced with two options-confess her deception or live her sister’s life. Soon, Ella realizes that Maddy’s life was full of secrets. Feeling responsible for Maddy’s death and everyone’s grief, Ella makes a split-second decision to pretend to be Maddy. When-after a heated argument-Maddy and Ella get into a tragic accident that leaves her sister dead, Ella wakes up in the hospital surrounded by loved ones who believe she is Maddy. In fact, she’s chosen the quiet, safe confines of her sketchbook over the constant battle for attention that has defined Maddy’s world. Ella has spent her high school years living in popular Maddy’s shadows, but she has never been envious of Maddy. Publication Date: Apby Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)Ī girl takes over her twin sister’s identity in this emotionally charged page-turner about the complicated bond between sisters.Įlla and Maddy Lawton are identical twins.

The secrets we keep by trisha leaver