Truly Madly Guilty (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series) - Hardcover

Moriarty, Liane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410490270 ISBN 13: 9781410490278

Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016

Synopsis

A busy couple formerly on the brink of realizing their dreams reflects on a fortuitous gathering with their best friends and another couple, in a tale that explores the role of guilt in relationships and the power of everyday moments in family life.

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Review

An Amazon Best Book of August 2016: Many writers have trouble plumbing the depths of a single character’s soul. Moriarty effortlessly dives deep in six different characters—the three married couples at a backyard barbeque in Sydney that goes horribly wrong. Chapters jump in time between the day of the barbecue and its aftereffects in the present, with the ripples of that evening disrupting and destroying relationships. The exact nature of the shock isn’t revealed until midway through the novel, and I admit, I kept thinking to myself, “Given the buildup, this better be a wonderfully awful revelation.” Moriarty comes through, fitting the seemingly unrelated puzzle pieces together into a tight and harrowing picture. She even wraps up a long-ago tragedy that befell a crotchety neighbor in what is perhaps a too-neat moment that adds an unnecessary bow on top. While it would do the book a disservice to call it “light,” it’s so briskly paced that the pages flash by, aiming the reader, ultimately, toward a gleam of hope at the end. --Adrian Liang, The Amazon Book Review

About the Author

LIANE MORIARTY is the author of the #1 "New York Times" bestsellers "Big Little Lies" and "The Husband's Secret, "as well as the "New York Times" bestseller "What Alice Forgot" and "The Hypnotist's Love Story." She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1410490270
• ISBN 13: 9781410490278
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 681