Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

February 4, 2019 by Christina

Fiction – print. Flatiron Books, 2018. 453 pgs. Purchased. Nine strangers met at a health resort in Australia; each arrive at Tranquility House with their own goal for the 10-day, screen-free experience. Frances, a formerly bestselling romance writer, is hoping to reorient herself following the rejection of her latest novel by publishers and a stinging rebuke of her work – and of the whole genre – by a critic. Dragged to the resort by his wife, Ben isn’t sure if […]

Categories: 2019 Reads, Chunkster, Fiction, Oceania • Tags: Liane Moriarty

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

December 29, 2018 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Caroline Lee. Macmillian Audio, 2016. 17 hours, 20 minutes. Library copy.  Clementine and Erika have been best friends since childhood. While their lives have taken different turns over the years — Clementine has two little girls, Erika has always said she doesn’t want kids — the two women always make an effort to get together now and then. When Erika mentions that her neighbors, Vid and Tiffany, want to host Clementine’s family and Erika’s at […]

Categories: 2018 Reads, Audiobook, Chunkster, Fiction, Oceania • Tags: Caroline Lee, Liane Moriarty

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

March 5, 2015 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Caroline Lee. Penguin Audio, 2014. 16 hours. Library copy. Twenty-four year old, single mother Jane has decided to relocate with her five-year-old son, Ziggy, to the oceanside community of Pirriwee, Australia. Ziggy is excited to start kindergarten at Pirriwee Public, but Jane is apprehensive about how well her son will adjust and, even more so, about how well received she will be received by members of the “Blonde Bob”, a caddy group of mothers who […]

Categories: 2015 Reads, Audiobook, Book Club, Crime, Fiction, Oceania • Tags: Caroline Lee, Liane Moriarty

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

October 13, 2014 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Caroline Lee. Dreamscape Media, 2013. 13 hours, 44 minutes. Library copy.  My darling Cecilia, if you’re reading this, then I have died. Cecilia Fitzpatrick finds a letter addressed to her from her husband instructing her to open the letter upon his death tucked amongst tax returns and receipts from the past twelve or so years of their marriage. Assuming her unorganized husband forgot to pass the letter along to their solicitor, Cecilia is unable to […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Audiobook, Book Club, Crime, Fiction, Oceania • Tags: Caroline Lee, Liane Moriarty