Publisher's Synopsis
The Heart Beats in Secret is a powerful story of three women and the secrets and bonds that have defined them. Scotland, 1940: In a house on the east coast, Jane faces motherhood alone. With her husband away at war, there is no one to protect her from small town suspicions and she must learn to keep her secrets to herself. Three decades later her daughter Felicity leaves their life behind for Montreal, glad to flee the unknowns that have plagued her so far. But her personal battles are nothing compared to the unrest here, where a commune in rural Quebec and a child of her own might be her saviours. The child grows up to be Pidge, a woman surprised to find that she will inherit her grandmother's Scottish house, who will find unexpected answers to the questions that have beset these women through the years. Textured and beautiful. Katie Munnik has a voice full of quiet passion and poetry. KATE HAMER
