NPRs Book Concierge Our Guide To 2014s Great Reads. Nicole Cohen, David Eads, Rose Friedman, Becky Lettenberger, Petra Mayer, Beth Novey and. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive. Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it allshes an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. Her life is as orderly and spotless as her home. But that letter is about to change everything, and not just for her Rachel and Tess barely know Ceciliaor each otherbut they too are about to feel the earth shattering repercussions of her husbands secret. Acclaimed author Liane Moriarty has written a gripping, thought provoking novel about how well it is really possible to know our spousesand, ultimately, ourselves.