Big Little Lies Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies

The No.1 bestseller behind the award-winning TV series

    • 4.6 • 521 Ratings
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    • £5.99

Publisher Description

DISCOVER THE GRIPPING NO. 1 BESTSELLER BEHIND THE AWARD WINNING HBO SENSATION STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN & MERYL STREEP
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Perfect families, perfect houses, perfect lives.


Three mothers, Jane, Madeline and Celeste appear to have it all, until they find out just how easy it is for one little lie to spiral out of control . . .


Single mum Jane has just moved to town. She's got her little boy in tow - plus a secret she's been carrying for five years.

On the first day of the school run she meets Madeline - a force to be reckoned with, who remembers everything and forgives no one - and Celeste, the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare, but is inexplicably ill at ease.

They both take Jane under their wing - while careful to keep their own secrets under wraps.

But a minor incident involving the children of all three women rapidly escalates: playground whispers become spiteful rumours until no one can tell the truth from the lies . . .

It was always going to end in tears, but how did it end in murder?
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'Blame and guilt, forgiveness and retribution, love and betrayal. A tense, page-turning story . . . a great read'
Mail on Sunday

'Blending romance, comedy and mystery, this is a wonderful book - full of brains, guts and heart'
Sunday Mirror

'A hell of a good book. Funny and scary'
Stephen King

'Brilliant, standout, superbly clever. Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly'
Sunday Express

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2014
31 July
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
496
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Books Ltd
SIZE
4.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Kmac2013 ,

Great book

Fantastic read! Really engaged with the characters

Pixie Lah ,

Fabulous!

I was gripped from the first page, my husband actually said he thought I preferred reading it to talking to him, which was possibly true! I read it in 3 days and that’s something of a miracle for me.

Livingwithaspringer ,

5*+ Clever writing

It took me a few chapters to get into this. I was slightly confused at first by the format, not appreciating what was going on. The more I read, the more I got drawn in. It was like being reeled in, slowly at first, then faster and faster.
The story seemed slow and innocuous at first but gradually we learn more about the characters and the events which led up to the main event. I really cared about the characters and their various situations.
It was a clever and totally effective use of some of the writing techniques which so often annoy me in other books. The main ones I suppose are frequent jumping about between the present time and various times in the past, and writing from multiple viewpoints. A note to other writers : This is how it can be done effectively.

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