A review by talknerdybookblog
The Secret Women by Sheila Williams

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Representation: Black biracial main character and Black main and supporting characters

A story of the shared grief that forms a new friendship between three women as they navigate the loss of their mothers which centres the ritual of packing and distributing the remain items of the deceased; however, as these women attempt to move on, they come across secrets kept by their mothers in their things and work to reconcile these new histories with the mothers they knew.

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Mature Themes:

• Death of parent 
• Allusions to teenagers drinking
• (Amicable) divorce 
• Children (who are in their late 40s to early 60s) lashing out at parents who start dating after their spouse dies



Possible Triggers: Yes

• Mental Illness — Bipolar disorder 
• Attempted suicide and murder of children 
• Death of a parent


Ending:
HFN... hopeful