Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, 2014
A satirical mystery about school-gate friendships, perfect marriages and the small lies that hold a community together.
Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty writes about the ordinary afternoons that turn out to hold something heavier: school-gate friendships, marriages that look fine from the outside, and the small lies people tell to keep the day running. Start with «The Husband's Secret» for a dusty envelope and three women whose lives touch a decision made years ago, or «Big Little Lies» for a satirical mystery about a school community and the stories it tells itself. Both share a comic edge and a sharp eye for how much people keep from each other.
Feels like unease, family and curiosity.
Start with Big Little Lies.
Moriarty is Australian and one of six siblings; her sister Jaclyn is also a novelist.
A school fundraiser where the adults have taken the dress code far too seriously.
The parents at Pirriwee Public had a baffling fondness for costume parties. It wasn’t enough that they should have an ordinary trivia night; she knew from the invitation that some bright spark had decided to make it an “Audrey and Elvis” trivia night, which meant that the women all had to dress up as Audrey Hepburn and the men had to dress up as Elvis Presley. (That was another reason Mrs. Ponder had turned down the invitation. She’d always abhorred costume parties.) It seemed that the most popular rendition of Audrey Hepburn was the Breakfast at Tiffany’s look. All the women were wearing long black dresses, white gloves and pearl chokers. Meanwhile, the men had mostly chosen to pay tribute to the Elvis of the latter years. They were all wearing shiny white jumpsuits, glittery gemstones and plunging necklines. The women looked lovely. The poor men looked perfectly ridiculous. Books by Liane Moriarty
The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty, 2013
Three women, one dusty envelope, and the ordinary afternoons that hide a decision someone made years ago. Domestic suspense with a comic edge and a very sharp eye.
Here One Moment
Liane Moriarty, 2024
A flight is delayed, a passenger stands up and predicts the deaths of the people around her, and dozens of lives have to go on afterwards.
Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty, 2016
Three couples, one backyard barbecue, and the ordinary moment when life divides into before and after. Moriarty's domestic suspense about friendship, guilt and what we hide.
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