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The Thing She Didn't Tell Me

By: Jacqueline J. Russell
Narrated by: Connie Shabshab
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A hidden life. A friendship lost. A match that lit everything on fire.

Bea Bennett never imagined she’d have to pause her career and step into the quiet corners of her family’s past. But when a box of old letters reveals that her grandmother—a woman Bea always saw as the picture of devout faith—had a life full of untold stories, everything changes.

As Bea starts recording what she finds, she unwittingly creates a space for other women to share their own hidden truths. What begins as a personal journey soon becomes a movement she never expected.

Told in dual timelines between the 1940s South and present-day Kentucky, The Thing She Didn’t Tell Me is a moving, nostalgic novel about the power of female friendship, the weight of secrets and the strength it takes to finally tell the truth. It’s also a reminder that sometimes, the thing you thought might break you becomes your legacy.

©2025 Jacqueline Russell (P)2026 Jacqueline Russell
Genre Fiction Women's Fiction Friendship
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