{"product_id":"9781462071548","title":"Bitter Secrets","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaptivated by a 40-year-old mystery, hometown reporter Molly Martindale embarks on a quest for truth that plunges her into an icy nightmare of fear and uncertainty. A wheelchair-bound Viet Nam vet, cold and eerie faces from the past, a savvy old black man and a yellowed diary are her companions on a journey that threatens to wake sleeping ghosts from her own secret past.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e is an intensely human story set in a small Florida town. Intriguing secrets push the reader along as the heroine makes a heart wrenching search for clues to a lost family. Pictures of the lush southern landscape and varied characters all but speak aloud, including Dutch, her devoted Labrador retriever. It’s a good read, richly blending plainly beautiful language from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBarbara Oehlbeck, poet and author of \u003ci\u003eMama: Root, Hog, or Die\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sabal Palm\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor the Love of Roses\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e by Patty Brant is a story of the old south with twists and turns, melancholy and ghosts from the past. In the vernacular of southern people through easy conversations over coffee, Patty spins a deepening mystery of violence and trauma that crosses generations. This is a mystery-lover’s mystery with a touch of the paranormal that keeps the excitement high.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eD. K. Christi, Consultant, Speaker \u0026amp; Author of \u003ci\u003eArirang: The Bamboo Connection\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Orchid\u003c\/i\u003e, www.dkchristi.com\u003c\/p\u003e  Bitter Secrets was a finalist in the 2013 Indie Excellence Book Awards.","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155895763184,"sku":"9781462071548","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462071548_p0.jpg?v=1763676232","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462071548","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}