Liane Moriarty
Autore di Big Little Lies
Sull'Autore
Liane Moriarty was born in Sydney, Australia in November 1966. Before becoming a full-time author, she had a career in advertising and marketing. She is the author of several novels including Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, The Hypnotist's Love Story, The Husband's Secret and mostra altro Truly Madly Guilty which is New York Times Bestseller. She won a 2015 Davitt Award in the category of Adult Novel for Big Little Lies. Writing as L. M. Moriarty, she is the author of the Space Brigade children's books series. She made the Hollywood Reporter's 'Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list, entering at number 18. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Liane Moriarty
Here One Moment 13 copie
Mothers' Group 6 copie
Het geheim van mijn man 2 copie
The Husband's Secret 1 copia
Nine Perfect Strangers 1 copia
Sulje silmäsi ja laske kymmeneen 1 copia
The Last Anniversary 1 copia
The Last Time I saw You 1 copia
Trois vœux 1 copia
The Inner Circle 1 copia
Big Little Lies 1 copia
Opere correlate
De Beste Verhalen van 2017 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1966-11-15
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Luogo di residenza
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Istruzione
- Macquarie University
- Attività lavorative
- author
copywriter
advertising - Relazioni
- Moriarty, Jaclyn (sister)
Moriarty, Nicola (sister)
McAdam, Colin (brother-in-law)
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To Read (1)
Movies/Shows (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 40
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 31,916
- Popolarità
- #620
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 1,772
- ISBN
- 604
- Lingue
- 21
- Preferito da
- 31
It seems frothy, this story about the bonds between women, and in some ways it is, but there's a lot of darkness behind the surface veneer of fun. Lovely Celeste with her perfect life and doting husband isn't quite as #blessed as it would seem, Jane's sweet little boy is the product of a heart-wrenchingly sad encounter, and Bonnie's secrets are too much a part of the suspense to give away. All we know when we begin the book is that there was a death a school function, and interviews with the police frame the chapters, dropping little hints about what might have happened and to whom.
I'll be honest...this is a genre of book that I tend to see on airport bookstore shelves and walk right past. But Big Little Lies is a great example of why it's often a fruitful exercise to get outside my comfort zone every once in a while. I found the story of the relationships that grew (and frayed, sometimes) between the women to be well-told and emotionally resonant, which meant that by the time all is revealed at the end, the payoff was earned and carried weight. The mystery of what happened keeps the plot moving forward through character-building beats, resulting in a book that's well-balanced between the story and the people who populate it (in other words, both plot and character lovers will find something to enjoy here).… (altro)