Here One Moment: Uncover the electrifying novel from the bestselling author of Big Little Lies - a Richard and Judy Book Club pick

Liane Moriarty

ISBN 10: 0241396107 / ISBN 13: 9780241396100

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2024

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**DISCOVER THE THRILLING NOVEL FROM THE WORLDWIDE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR** 'Liane Moriarty is a genuine GENIUS. Here One Moment is off the scale brilliant' Marian Keyes 'A master story teller . . . brilliant and satisfying' Bella Mackie 'An absolute masterclass. I treasure every word Liane writes, because she has such a rare and deep understanding of people and human behaviour' Joanna Cannon 'A compulsive plotline, intriguing characters, great writing, surprises, humour and tragedy. It'll stay with me' John Boyne 'You will devour this doorstop of a book' The Times, Book of the Month 'Easily my favourite Liane Moriarty book so far . . . it is just perfection!' ***** Reader Review 'Funny, frightening, heartbreaking and life-affirming . . . I adored it' Chris Whitaker 'A genre-defying gem' Woman & Home 'A real page-turner. . . Gripping, well-executed, with fascinating characters' Grazia 'Keeps you guessing right to its satisfying conclusion' Heat 'A gem of a book, unique and compelling' ***** Reader Review ---- Were all so busy, caught up in life's moments, big and small . . . The flight attendant working on her birthday. The mother struggling with two young children. The newlyweds off to their tropical honeymoon . The overworked father missing his kids big show. The young man returning from his best friends funeral. The ER nurse wondering what retirement will bring. All strangers. All unsuspecting. All on their own journey or so they imagine. Because they are each about to encounter an elderly woman. In just a few words, she will make a prediction, tying herself to them all. And, in being bound to her, these disparate strangers will be drawn together . . . Who is this woman? Is she a clairvoyant? A charlatan? The answer to prayers, or a harbinger of nightmares? They are about to find out here one moment . . . --- 'Brilliant, thought-provoking' Fabulous 'A tense read that asks many questions about what we want to know about the ends of our lives' Prima 'We drop everything for a Liane Moriarty read!' Bella 'A riveting story so wild you dont know how shell land it, and then she does, on a dime' Anne Lamott 'An absolute masterclass in storytelling. I treasure every word Liane writes, because she has such a rare and deep understanding of people and human behaviour' Joanna Cannon PRAISE FOR LIANE MORIARTY 'One of the few writers I'll drop anything for' Jojo Moyes 'An engrossing mashup of family drama and psychological suspense that offers a mystery. Complex and satisfying. Perfect holiday reading' Guardian 'Keeps you guessing until the very end' Reese Witherspoon 'Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly' Sunday Express 'Had me utterly hooked' Daily Mail. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Here One Moment: Uncover the electrifying novel from the bestselling author of Big Little Lies - a Richard and Judy Book Club pick
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241396107
• ISBN 13: 9780241396100
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate?

Aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed.

Because on this ordinary, short, domestic flight, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they are going to die. For some, their death is far in the future—age 103!—and they laugh. But for six passengers, their predicted deaths are not far away at all.

How do they know this? There were ostensibly more interesting people on the flight (the bride and groom, the jittery, possibly famous woman, the giant Hemsworth-esque guy who looks like an off-duty superhero, the frazzled, gorgeous flight attendant) but none would become as famous as “The Death Lady.”

Not a single passenger or crew member will later recall noticing her board the plane. She wasn’t exceptionally old or young, rude or polite. She wasn’t drunk or nervous or pregnant. Her appearance and demeanor were unremarkable. But what she did on that flight was truly remarkable.

A few months later, one passenger dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die, again, as she said they would. Soon no one is thinking this is simply an entertaining story at a cocktail party.

If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny?

Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel.