Quiet As It's Kept : A Novel

Quiet As It's Kept : A Novel

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Quiet As It's Kept weaves a tangled web of deception as secrets, lies, and lust bring troubling consequences to the everyday lives of an African-American family.

Author Janet West-Sellars paints a picture of powerful patriarch James Alexander Scott, who desperately takes all of his secrets to the grave. Scott's best friend, Dr. Edward Marshall, is the only person who knows those secrets.

Scott's three adult children are nothing short of relieved when they learn of his death. They are all living out his legacy in varying degrees: to always distrust, to never commit, and to get revenge at all costs. His oldest daughter, Shirley, uses her body to gain power. His only son, Terry, struggles against the past and worries about the child he raised alone. The youngest daughter, Zee, is rejected by Scott, while he is haunted by the painful suspicion that she is not really his daughter. The death of Scott's wife more than forty years ago was inextricably connected to his own mortality.

The Scott family learns about life, love, and the hope of redemption. They ultimately discover that forgiveness heals old wounds, but not before what's done in the dark comes to light in Quiet As It's Kept.