Somebody has died at a parents' kindergarten mixer; slowly, we go back in time and unravel what happened, and who it happened to, through the viewpoints of three different moms in Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies.
I became interested in reading Big Little Lies after watching the popular HBO miniseries based on the novel. It is rewarding, with good performances, and with a few notable exceptions hews close to the novel's storyline.
Moriarty's novel starts out somewhat comic, but as we delve more into the three womens' lives we find more sobering truths--one has a daughter acting out, one has a son who was the product of a violent encounter, and one is in an abusive marriage. These threads play out against a broader landscape of all the little trials and tribulations of navigating a classroom, and the other parents you are thrown in with.
It's a solid read about family and relationships of all kinds, with a vein of mystery running throughout. Worthwhile in both novel and television form.
I checked this out on audiobook from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana.
I became interested in reading Big Little Lies after watching the popular HBO miniseries based on the novel. It is rewarding, with good performances, and with a few notable exceptions hews close to the novel's storyline.
Moriarty's novel starts out somewhat comic, but as we delve more into the three womens' lives we find more sobering truths--one has a daughter acting out, one has a son who was the product of a violent encounter, and one is in an abusive marriage. These threads play out against a broader landscape of all the little trials and tribulations of navigating a classroom, and the other parents you are thrown in with.
It's a solid read about family and relationships of all kinds, with a vein of mystery running throughout. Worthwhile in both novel and television form.
I checked this out on audiobook from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana.
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