Secrets We Keep (Hewitt) - Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions
We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available; in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for THE SECRETS WE KEEP … then take off on your own:

1. Given their two distinctly different lives, what draws Tessa and Rebecca to one another? How would you describe the dynamics of their relationship and its complications?

2. Talk about how outward appearances—in this book and especially in real life—can be deceiving. Do you know someone like Rebecca? If so, how do they evade detection? How do they sew together the frayed edges of their lives into a the appearance of a seamless whole? Or, ahem… yourself?

3. The novel is told from the points of view of both Tessa and Rebecca. Describe each of the women. Do you find one of them and/or her story, more sympathetic than the other? Did your feelings change during the course of the book?

4. The book's title is about the secrets we all tell. Tell to whom?

5. Talk about the way the book leads up to its climax. Did the plot hold your attention, is it suspenseful—edge-of-your-seat suspenseful? Were you kept guessing, or did you have an inkling of what was coming?

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