Coming July 29, 2014, the new novel from Liane Moriarty, number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Husband’s Secret.
“What a wonderful writer – smart, wise, funny.” (Anne Lamott)
Pirriwee Public’s annual school Trivia Night has ended in a shocking riot. One parent is dead. The school principal is horrified. As police investigate what appears to have been a tragic accident, signs begin to indicate that this devastating death might have been cold-blooded murder.
In this thought-provoking novel, number-one New York Times best-selling author Liane Moriarty deftly explores the reality of parenting and playground politics, ex-husbands and ex-wives, and fractured families. And in her pitch-perfect way, she shows us the truth about what really goes on behind closed suburban doors.
Another Sure Fire Bestseller Moriarty follows up her wildly successful, ‘The Husbands Secret’ with another group of women harboring their own skeletons in the closet. Set in a small seaside town, and centering with razor sharp accuracy on a group of mothers at an elementary school, the author seems to be making as much a social commentary on the modern parent as well as unravelling a murder mystery. Anyone with a young child in school today should recognize at least one of these colorful women, and Moriarty certainly has…
“Oh calamity” the book of the summer The Hypnotist’s Love Story was good, the Husband’s Secret was better, but Big Little Lies is the best. I was captivated from the first page, as I waited to figure out the mystery as to what was going to happen to these amazing characters on Trivia Night. The book is told by multiple voices, particularly Madeline, Celeste and Jane, each one had a distinct voice and a point of view that felt familiar, yet in this author’s competent hands totally unique.Madeline Martha Mackenzie is a…