A hidden life. A friendship lost. A match that lit everything on fire.
Bea Bennett never imagined she'd have to pause her career and step into the quiet corners of her family's past. But when a box of old letters reveals that her grandmother-a woman Bea always saw as the picture of devout faith-had a life full of untold stories, everything changes.
As Bea starts recording what she finds, she unwittingly creates a space for other women to share their own hidden truths. What begins as a personal journey soon becomes a movement she never expected.
Told in dual timelines between the 1940s South and present-day Kentucky, The Thing She Didn't Tell Me is a moving, nostalgic novel about the power of female friendship, the weight of secrets and the strength it takes to finally tell the truth. It's also a reminder that sometimes, the thing you thought might break you becomes your legacy.
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Jacqueline Russell writes about memory, girlhood and the tangled threads that connect generations of women across time. Her debut novel, The Thing She Didn't Tell Me, blends literary fiction and family mystery in a story about secrets, inheritance and the search for truth.A lifelong Kentuckian, Russell draws inspiration from small towns, quiet kitchens and the storytelling tradition of the South. When she's not writing, she works in healthcare marketing, tends a chaos garden full of zinnias and believes in the saving power of laughter, community and a well-worn porch chair.