A couple of years ago, I read What Alice Forgot (3.5*) and I meant to get to more of her books soon after, but just never felt in the right mood for them. I feel like I’m super late to the Liane Moriarty fan-club, as this author’s books are everywhere. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realises how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.īig Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbours secret doubts about her son.

New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, who wouldn’t be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and queen of the school parent body. And to top it all off, Madeline’s teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline’s ex-husband over her.Ĭeleste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. Her ex-husband and his new wife have moved into her beloved beach-side community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline’s youngest. She’s funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Goodreads Synopsis: Sometimes it’s the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, published May 2015 by Penguin.

Big little lies book review