Big Little Lies [L0069]

2015 - PB Nice clean condition. Another #1 New York Times bestseller from author Laine Moriarty. It joins her previous New York Times winners including Here One Moment and The Husband's Secret. Big Little Lies was adapted into a highly rated HBO series. The author explores the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. A murder...A tragic accident...Or just parents behaving badly? What's indisputable is that someone is dead. Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare but she is paying a price for the illusion of perfection. New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for a nanny. She comes with a mysterious past and a sadness beyond her years. These three women are at different crossroads, but they will all wind up in the same shocking place. Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Big Little Lies thrilled me. Liane Moriarty hooked me with her tight, slick writing style, her snappy dialogue, and her funny and oh-so-effective foreshadowing. Her characters come across as distinct and memorable from the first page, and she piles on the catty drama in way that draws you in and does not let you go."; "Lies is a well crafted story with lots of intrigue coming from unlikely places. It's funny and heartbreaking. The twist is a lovely hidden-in-plain-sight gem that I kicked myself for not seeing sooner. The pacing is brilliant. All of which makes Lies well worth reading."; "This book deals with many issues: bullying, gossip, teenagers, domestic violence, divorce/remarriage, infidelity, women's body issues, and more. It is very character-driven and the reader is drawn into the lives of each of the characters who are all intertwined in some way, which was part of the brilliance of this book. A superb social commentary; a murder mystery; an expose on domestic violence and illumination of the lives of people we learn to care about. Highly recommended."