Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (2014, G.P. Putnam's Sons; 460 pages) I first watched the TV series, and it was so good that when I picked up the book I finished it in two days. Big Little Lies is a fantastic read based on this thought-provoking sentence: "Sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal..." The book is about a murder, or maybe a tragic accident, or perhaps just parents behaving badly at a party. The only indisputable fact is that someone is dead. And the question that holds the book together is "who did what?" The book is also about the lives of three incredible characters. Three women, each one of them at a crossroads in their lives. Madeline is funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. She doesn't forgive her ex-husband, who is now married to a new young yogi wife and whose daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline's youngest. Not a good combination for Madeline´s mood. Then the readers meet Celeste, who is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. She seems perfect. Her husband seems to be perfect, they both look like the king and queen of the school parent body, and the fact that they are very rich doesn't hurt. They have twins who are starting school. Finally we meet Jane, the single mom new to town, so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane carries sadness inside, and secrets too. The book is about the friendship of these three women, and about how the arrival and her little boy Ziggy will affect them all. It is a book about ex husbands, and second wives, mothers and daughters, a schoolyard scandal, and about "the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive." Recommended to those readers looking for a thought-provoking, complex but entertaining page-turner. Find this title in our catalog: Big Little Lies Recommended by: Maite
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