About the Book

Present Day. After tragedy plunges her into grief and unresolved anger, Sarah Ashby returns to her childhood home determined to finally follow her long-denied dream of running Old Depot Grocery alongside her mother and grandmother. But when she arrives, her mother, Rosemary, announces to her that the store is closing. Sarah and her grandmother, Glory Ann, make a pact to save the store, but Rosemary has worked her entire life to make sure her daughter never follows in her footsteps. She has her reasons–but she’ll certainly never reveal the real one.

1965. Glory Ann confesses to her family that she’s pregnant with her deceased fiancé’s baby. Pressured into a marriage of convenience with a shopkeeper to preserve the family reputation, Glory Ann vows never to love again. But some promises are not as easily kept as she imagined.

This dual-timeline story from Amanda Cox deftly explores the complexity of a mother-daughter dynamic, the way the secrets we keep shape our lives and the lives of others, and the healing power of telling the truth.

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In My Opinion

From the setting to the characters (even the secondary ones), The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery kept me engaged and turning the pages.

One family. Three women. With decades between them, secrets keep them from being as close as they truly can be. Cox deftly tells the stories of grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter. I couldn’t help but be drawn into this story of voicing the truth which brings healing.

Cox’s sophomore novel is as brilliant as her debut. Don’t miss it.

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