Three Little Truths
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Big Little Lies meets One Plus One in this story of three women neighbors looking for a fresh start, and the love affairs, rivalries, and scandals found on the other side of the white picket fence.
One happy street. Three pretty houses. So many lies.
Martha used to be a force of nature: calm, collected, and in charge. But since moving her husband and two daughters to Dublin under sudden and mysterious circumstances, she can't seem to find her footing. Robin was the "it" girl in school, destined for success. Now she's back at her parents' with her four-year-old son, vowing that her ne'er-do-well ex is out of the picture for good. Edie has everything she could want, apart from a baby, and the acceptance of her new neighbors. She longs to be one of the girls, and to figure out why her perfect husband seems to be avoiding their perfect future. Three women looking for a fresh start on idyllic Pine Road. Their friendship will change their lives and reveal secrets they never imagined.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Irish writer Shortall (Grace After Henry) explores the fine line between friendship and enmity in this thoroughly enjoyable novel, centered on a group of women neighbors. Self-possessed and elegant Martha Rigby has recently moved to tony Pine Road in Dublin after a traumatic robbery at her previous home, during which she and her daughters, Sin ad and Orla, were tied up. Though Martha's daughters have taken to their new school, St. Ornat n's, "with such ease it almost seemed pointed," Martha struggles socially until she gets involved in the intricate web of neighborhood politics: a single mom, Robin, is back at her parents' after having left her criminal boyfriend; Edie, a young "receptionist-slash-supervisor" will stop at nothing to get pregnant; and the daggers are out for Trish, the principal of St. Ornat n's, and the insufferable Bernie, the chair of the school's Parents' Association. When a list of girls' names is discovered in the boys' bathroom at school, and Sin ad, whose name appears on it, calls it a "rape list," tensions flare; meanwhile, Martha is unexpectedly confronted by someone from her past. Secrets and subplots abound, and they all converge at a local street party. While a reliance on coincidence can stretch the plot's believability, Shortall strikes the perfect balance between acerbic and compassionate. Readers will soak up this smart, entertaining plunge into a community's dysfunctional culture.
