
How children are just as whole and just as wise as adults. Instead, we marveled at this: How this boy's choices came from a thoughtful, valid place. But my friend and I didn't mull over these questions. My friend and I wondered: What was it like for this boy to keep the secret? What rationale did he use for not sharing it? Who was he protecting? What were his fears?įascinating, heart-breaking questions, all of them. The mother just learned of a secret that the boy had been holding for the last year. The boy's parents are divorced he lives with his mother and visits his father.


A haunting secret forever changes the lives of a group of schoolgirls in this compelling coming-of-age story.Ī friend and I had an interesting conversation this morning about a boy our sons know.
