This book is going to stay in my mind for a while, no doubt. Our Reading Guide for The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks includes Book Club Discussion Questions, Book Reviews, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio. David has asked Natan to use three sources who knew David before Natan met him. Natan, friend and advisor to King David, receives permission to write David’s biography. It could be very annoying, this back and forth Tilly is doing, but it’s so cleverly written that it’s inherently poignant. Preview: The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks is a fictionalized story of the Old Testament hero and king, David. With that gently dismissive allowance, spoken by the biblical King David, Brooks (Caleb’s Crossing, 2011, etc.) continues to explore the meaning of faith and religion in ordinary life. My heart was breaking along with Kate’s and mended with hers as well. Tilly is so naive and at the same time so willing to understand, so strong and sweet and complicated, Kate doesn’t stand a chance. The Secret Chord: The Australian Bestseller Paperback 27 September 2016 by Geraldine Brooks (Author) 2,267 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 30.79 2 Used from 33.78 3 New from 30.79 Paperback 17.70 1 Used from 32.74 3 New from 17. Reconciling religious feelings and being attracted to women makes for a great romance when it’s well done. I don’t know what it is with books involving Catholic characters but I often postpone reading them (I’m not a Catholic, which might be partly why) only to find that they’re often the most intense. Kate, on the other hand, is still as in love with Tilly as she was at sixteen. When they meet again twelve years after graduation as temporary teachers at their old school, Tilly is engaged to a much older man, a vicar who seems mostly interested in her as a nanny for his two young children.

Joan’s Catholic school, they were roommates and then a bit more but didn’t go very far, as Tilly was planning on becoming a nun.

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