This Perfectly Imperfect Life

Two weeks from today, on October 1st, This Secret Thing , the new fiction book from Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, will be released by Lake Union Publishing . As the countdown to publication day quickly approaches, I thought we'd kick things off with an exclusive author interview : Welcome to The Eclectic Spoonie, Marybeth! This is my first author interview in several years, and the first on this blog; I'm honored you're here. Let me start off by saying that I could have read This Secret Thing in one sitting had life not had other plans for my time this month! Un-put-down-able. And truly my favorite of yours to date. Yes, I do say that after every one of your books, and yes, I mean it every time. (“Thank you so much for saying that!” -MMW)   While I’ve included the synopsis below (it appears after the interview), can we start off by you telling us briefly in your own words what This Secret Thing is about?   This Secret Thing is about a group of women who—at the beginning of the