The Guiltiest Secrets

  • Book Club; Drama

  • November 2021

    • World English Language:​ Canelo

When Chala loses her beloved stepfather, it opens the floodgates to a lifetime of secrets. Since childhood, Chala has battled with the guilt she feels for a tragedy that changed the entire course of her life. Now, she is forced to re-evaluate everything she believed about those she loved.

On a soul-searching trip to Kenya, Chala learns that some things are harder to bear than the burden she carries. In order to be free, she must return to the past, to the yellow room, and risk finding that the worst things she believes about herself are true.

Selected Praise

... a gripping, emotionally astute exploration of identity, family and relationships... it is impossible not to become absorbed in Rodger’s characters and become absorbed in their stories.
— ​The Lady
Compelling, evocative, sharply observed and exquisitely written.
— Amanda Jennings
A moving and poignant story... where the real power and tension can be found in the truths, half-truths and lies that shape the central characters.
— Mark Goldring

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