All the people in Reba’s life thought that they knew her. Could they be having secrets/other lives that we totally don’t know about? Do we really know anybody at all and do they know us? Anyway, I digress. I found myself wondering about how well we really know the people in our lives. The diary holds the most devastating revelations. He is flawed and easy to dislike but there was something endearing about him. Toby was one of the realest characters in the book. I enjoyed learning more about him through the diary than even his own narrations. There are other narrators throughout the story. These are the chapters that help us learn about the past and especially about the events leading up to the death of Reba. I am usually fascinated by narrations about the past and so naturally, I loved the chapters narrated by Reba. In addition, there are diary entries by Reba. The narration alternates between Julie and August. Once the two arrive at Lawrence Mill, I was totally hooked. He shows up in Julie’s life trying to get her to go back with him to Lawrence Mill, Mississippi and try to find Reba’s diary. However, the pace quickly changed once August came into the story. I couldn’t figure out where the story was heading to and I wasn’t interested in what was going on at that point. The story starts out a bit slow with Julie at New York. Secrets of Southern Girls by Haley Harrigan is the kind of book that takes time to fully grab your attention but once it does, you end up totally engrossed to the last page.
In fact, she may not be responsible at all. That diary could expose the shameful memories Julie has been running from, but it could also unearth the hidden truths that Reba left buried…and reveal that Julie isn’t the only one who feels responsible for Reba’s death. When August, Reba’s first love, begs Julie to come home to find the diary that Reba kept all those years ago, Julie’s past comes creeping back to haunt her.
Now, raising her daughter and struggling to make ends meet in Manhattan, Julie still can’t forget the ghost of a girl with golden hair and a dangerous secret. Consumed by guilt, she left the small town of Lawrence Mill, Mississippi, and swore nothing would ever drag her back. Ten years ago, Julie Portland accidentally killed her best friend, Reba.
In Secrets of Southern Girls, the powerful, affecting debut from Haley Harrigan, a young woman uncovers devastating secrets about the friend she thinks she killed…
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