Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty, 2016
Mystery, thriller & crime Contemporary fiction
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.
Feels like dread and tenderness. About friendship, family and identity.
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What if the worst day begins exactly like any other?
There is no special protection when you cross that invisible line from your ordinary life to that parallel world where tragedies happen. It happens just like this. You don’t become someone else. You’re still exactly the same. Everything around you still smells and looks and feels exactly the same. Liane Moriarty.Liane Moriarty worked in advertising and marketing before turning to fiction; her sister Jaclyn Moriarty is also a novelist.
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- What is Truly Madly Guilty like?
- Feels like dread and tenderness. About friendship, family and identity.
- What should I read after Truly Madly Guilty?
- If you liked Truly Madly Guilty, try The Hunting Party (Lucy Foley), Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth) and Wild Dark Shore (Charlotte McConaghy).
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The Hunting Party · Lucy Foley
The confession a parent makes only inside his own head.
You are not meant to have favorites, but my youngest is that. If only by a hair, and with a gun to my head. If I really, really had to answer. And not because we are most alike: that is my oldest and me. Not because we are least alike: that is my daughter and me. Maybe it is because he is curious and kind and so smart it can make your eyes water. Maybe it’s because he whispers to the wind and hears its voice in return. Most likely I don’t know why. But it may also be because, for one brief moment long ago, I wished him dead.
Wild Dark Shore · Charlotte McConaghy
The most dangerous people are the ones who sigh at bad news.
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