Telling Secrets

<p>Partington is particularly able to navigate the journey. She writes beautifully lyrically... Characters appear and disappear in her stories like a braid or a knit fabric. Artfully deliciously she offers touchstones...</p><p>- Pat Schneider Founder of Amherst Writers and Artists</p><p></p><p>In the winding streets of Paris Gabrielle Smith tends to lost souls. Between the bookshop where she works and the Tarot readings she gives she becomes a quiet anchor for those searching for truth-whether they are ready for it or not.</p><p></p><p>Among them is Persephone a troubled young woman unraveling the mystery of her father's identity while struggling with addiction and self-doubt. Her mother Natalie carries secrets of her own woven into the choices she makes and the past she refuses to confront. In London Lucia faces a new reality as her vision fades while her husband Byron remains haunted by the tragedy of his first wife's suicide. Writers artists and lovers drift between cities their lives entangled in letters emails and long-buried memories.</p><p></p><p>As the Tarot cards reveal the unseen <em>Telling Secrets </em>unfolds a poignant tale of love and loss betrayal and redemption-where the past refuses to stay hidden and the future waits for those brave enough to face it.</p><p></p><p><em>Telling Secrets</em> completes the trilogy that includes <em>Telling Stories</em> and <em>Telling Shadows</em>.</p>