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    A Deep Dark Secret
    A Deep Dark Secret
    A Deep Dark Secret
    Audiobook4 hours

    A Deep Dark Secret

    Written by Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Narrated by Cherise Boothe

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times best-selling author Kimberla Lawson Roby has won adoring fans for her Rev. Curtis Black series, which includes Recorded Books' audio presentation of The Best of Everything. In A Deep Dark Secret, a seemingly perfect 12-year-old girl harbors a terrible secret-one that threatens to tear her world apart. But the girl also houses a surprising inner strength, and the power to hope may just be what saves her.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 6, 2009
    ISBN9781440775420
    A Deep Dark Secret
    Author

    Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Kimberla Lawson Robyis the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of the Reverend Curtis Black series as well as many other novels and novellas. She lives with her husband in Rockford, Illinois.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent book. I really loved it. I felt so bad for the main character though
    • 5/5
      This book is a page turner. I did not want to put it down before hearing what was goi g to happen next. The story resonates with me so much it brought me to tears several times throughout reading it. The story was realistic and I did not know how it was going to end and I was not disappointed.
    • 1/5
      I did not enjoy this book. Too much sexual child abuse throughout. It was too long just to be mostly abuse then a quick ending.
    • 4/5
      Author Kimerla Lawson Roby takes a taboo subject and handles it with thoughtful sensitivity. A mother marries, a stepfather abuses his five-year-old stepdaughter, and the daughter grows up, fearing and loathing him. He manipulates her physically and mentally, and the only thing that keeps her going is her desire to protect her younger sister from her stepfather’s advances. Not an easy story to read, it becomes even less so when you realize that this fictional story is sadly a factual one in too many homes. Kudos to Ms. Roby for drawing attention to this too often unmentioned subject.
    • 4/5
      A Deep Dark Secret is a disturbing novel about a young girl who is being molested by her step-father. The molestation begins when she is seven on the night her baby sister is born. Now Jillian is twelve and the abuse has escalated between her father.Jillian's father has threatened her if she breaks her silence. Jillian is quite convinced his threats will come true so she remains quiet and continues to live her life as normal as she can. Jillian's facade starts to slip when she begins a relationship with a boy at her school, Kyle. Also her best friend Nikki is dating a popular boy at school and will do just about anything to remain his girlfriend.A Deep Dark Secret is a short novel, with 179 pages, but is difficult to read. The abusive scenes are quite graphic and the reader's heart breaks as Jillian is forced to perform these acts with her step-father. My only issue was it was hard to know the author's target audience. The main character is a twelve-year-old girl, however the book is listed as adult contemporary African-American Fiction.
    • 3/5
      Definitely not what I had expected from Kimberla Lawson Roby. But it also wasn't that bad of a read.If you are a Kimberla Lawson Roby fan and you're used to reading her Curtis Black series, you may be disappointed because A Deep Dark Secret is nothing like that.However, this book is a good read for anyone who has ever experienced or knows someone who has experienced sexual abuse. A great story about two friends who are/have experienced sexual abuse and how they handle it, how it effects their lives and the lives of those around them.