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This has everything I love in a book! Real characters, great plot, humour, suspense and fabulous writing.
Although you know right from the opening paragraphs that something dreadful has happened in Pirriwee, Australia this compelling story in true Liane Moriarty fashion keeps you guessing. Tragic yet hilarious, so much more than a murder mystery this novel kept me reading well into the night. The protagonists Jane, Maddie and Celeste are all mothers of children at Pirriwee Public School, all very different but drawn together by events at school. Jane is the single parent, new to the area, while Celeste is the happily married one, wealthy and beautiful, the envy of all the other Mums and Maddie is the lively one, having problems with her teenage daughter from a previous marriage. In Big Little Lies, the little lies we tell ourselves and others -- sometimes to disguise the big ones -- blow up into murder and mayhem at the P&C Trivia Night. Though we know someone has died from the beginning of the novel, we don't find out who it is till the end, as we go back through the histories of the participants to uncover the nagging jealousies and seething problems that led to the fatal moment. The scene is set, disaster has struck, but to find out exactly what the author takes us back to the start of the school year to tell us the whole story. The characters and their relationships are all very realistic and sadly totally believable. I say sadly as these are everyday situations that you are going to Recognise as they feel very real. Nobody's life is quite as it seems and as we are taken behind the scenes of the characters relationships with their partners and families you are pulled into the complicated web of deceit.
Another Moriarty gem - entertaining and compelling read, which gains pace as the dreadful facts emerge.
| Author | Liane Moriarty |
|---|---|
| Published | 2014 |
| Publisher | Penguin Publishing |
| ISBN | 978-0-399-16706-5 |
Big Little Lies is a 2014 novel written by Liane Moriarty. It was published in July 2014 by Penguin Publishing.[1] The novel made the New York Times Best Seller list.[2]
Synopsis[edit]
Jane, a single mother, is on her way to Pirriwee Public School in Sydney's Northern Beaches, where her son Ziggy is starting kindergarten. On the way, she meets Madeline, another mother with a daughter of the same age. Madeline’s friend Celeste is also sending her twin sons, Max and Josh, to school. The two strike up a friendship with Jane. All three of them have their own problems: Madeline is resentful that her daughter from her previous marriage is growing close to her ex-husband's new wife, Bonnie; Celeste is physically abused by her rich banker husband, Perry; and Jane was raped and left to raise her son Ziggy on her own. To make matters worse for her, Ziggy is accused of bullying Amabella, his future classmate, during orientation.
As months pass, the three become close and Jane shares her experience with the other women. Jane tells the two other women that Ziggy is in fact the result of a rape by a man named “Saxon Banks” when Jane was 19. With the information Jane gives, Celeste and Madeline realize that the father is Perry's cousin, Saxon Banks, but decide to keep it from Jane for the time being. Meanwhile, Celeste's marriage becomes even more violent and she starts meeting a counselor and rents an apartment for herself, without Perry's knowledge. Ziggy is once again accused of bullying Amabella, though he denies it. Jane finds out that Ziggy is keeping a secret about who is hurting Amabella and persuades him to write down the name of the child, and it turns out to be Max, one of Celeste's twins, but she isn't sure how to broach the subject with Celeste.
On the night of Pirriwee Public's Trivia Night, Jane tells Celeste that it is Max, not Ziggy, who is bullying the other children. She realizes that Max is emulating Perry and finally decides to leave him. Perry finds out about Celeste's apartment, and despite being shaken, the couple still goes to the Trivia Night.
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Once they reach the school, Jane sees Perry and realizes that he is, in fact, 'Saxon Banks' and confronts him in front of Madeline and Celeste. Celeste recalls Perry's childhood stories where he used his cousin's name to avoid trouble for himself. Perry admits to raping Jane but shows no remorse. In the ensuing argument between them, Perry hits Celeste. Enraged by what she has witnessed, Bonnie pushes him to his death from the balcony.
In the aftermath of the fall, Madeline finds out that Bonnie had an abusive father and seeing Perry's violence brought back bad memories. Everybody on the balcony decides to lie to protect Bonnie, but she turns herself in. She is only sentenced to 200 hours of community service. A year after Perry's death, Celeste works in a family law firm and sets up a trust fund for Ziggy. She speaks publicly about her abusive relationship, starting her speech with: 'This can happen to anyone.'
Writing[edit]
Moriarty's main inspiration for the story came from a radio interview she heard in which a woman recounted her parents' abusive relationship.[3] The woman narrated how, even as an adult, she hid under her bed to escape her parents' fighting, an experience Moriarty ended up using as a scene in the book.[3] Initially, the book was a first-person narrative from each of the three main characters, but Moriarty soon decided against it, instead interjecting minor characters' statements between portions of the story.[4]
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Reception[edit]
Big Little Lies has generally been well received by critics, who praised the book's balance of humour with more serious issues like domestic abuse. Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote: 'A seemingly fluffy book suddenly touches base with vicious reality, in ways that may give Big Little Lies even more staying power than The Husband's Secret [Moriarty's previous book].'[5] Roberta Bernstein of USA Today gave it three stars out of four, deeming it 'a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing read, even if the characters are more conceits than flesh and blood.'[6] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly gave it an A and noted that, while the book fell in the 'chick-lit' category, Moriarty still offered 'insights [that] aren’t any less wise or funny or true just because she sometimes likes a champagne metaphor or hangs her story on a shoe.'[7] Carol Memmott of The Washington Post wrote, 'It takes a powerful stand against domestic violence even as it makes us laugh at the adults whose silly costume party seems more reminiscent of a middle-school dance.'[8]
Television adaptation[edit]
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A television mini-series adaptation of the novel was produced by HBO titled Big Little Lies, filmed on location in Monterey, California. It was originally released February 19, 2017 on HBO. The mini-series stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz, and won 8 Emmy Awards at the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Limited Series. [9][10]
Despite being called a miniseries, HBO announced in December 2017 that the series would return for a second season,[11] based on a novella by Moriarty.[12]
References[edit]
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- ^'Big Little Lies'. Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^'Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Books - Best Sellers - August 17, 2014 - The New York Times'. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ^ abPatrick, Bethanne (July 22, 2014). 'Liane Moriarty: 'We're all capable of things that are breathtakingly cruel''. The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^Stevens, Reagan (December 2014). 'Interview with Liane Moriarty'. Goodreads. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^Maslin, Janet (July 25, 2014). 'How Was School? Deadly In Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty Finds New Complications'. The New York Times. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^Bernstein, Roberta (July 28, 2014). 'The truth hurts in page-turning 'Big Little Lies''. USA Today. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^Greenblatt, Leah (August 7, 2014). 'Big Little Lies'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^Memmott, Carol (August 4, 2014). ''Big Little Lies,' by Liane Moriarty, reveals parents' ugly secrets in quiet Aussie town'. The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^Andreeva, Nellie (2015-05-08). ''Big Little Lies' With Nicole Kidman & Reese Witherspoon Lands At HBO'. Deadline. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ^Goldberg, Lesley (December 5, 2015). 'Shailene Woodley Joins HBO's Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman Drama'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^Hibberd, James (December 8, 2017). 'Big Little Lies renewed for season 2 with new director'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^Moreau, Jordan (2019-02-26). 'Everything You Need to Know About 'Big Little Lies' Season 2'. Variety. Retrieved 2019-03-02.