A murder...A tragic accident...Or just parents behaving badly? What s indisputable is that someone is dead.
Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She s funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare but she is paying a price for the illusion of perfection. New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for a nanny. She comes with a mysterious past and a sadness beyond her years. These three women are at different crossroads, but they will all wind up in the same shocking place.
Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.
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莉安•莫利亚提(Liane Moriarty)
澳大利亚人,长居悉尼, 曾是澳大利亚知名的广告撰稿人。
2004年出版首部小说《三个愿望》(Three Wishes),之后陆续推出了一些以当代都市女子为主人公的现实题材小说。
2009年的《爱丽丝忘记了什么》(What Alice Forgot)被福克斯图片公司买下电影改编权;
2013年,《别对我撒谎》(The Husband's Secret)出版上市,所到之处一片销售狂潮;
2014年,《小谎言》大热,先后登上欧美各大图书榜。至此她成为第一位占据《纽约时报》畅销榜榜首的女澳籍作家。她在澳大利亚文坛的名气无人能敌;
不久之后,《小谎言》的电影版权在经历了争抢大战之后,花落奥斯卡影后妮可•基德曼之后。之后她会联袂“美国甜心”瑞茜•威瑟斯彭担纲这部小说改编的同名剧集;
2016年,她的新书《TRULY MADLY GUILTY》也将于2016年出版上市。
莫利亚提擅长将曲折的情节与性格坚强的女性角色相互结合,情节丝丝入扣,心理描写幽微而逼真。故事叙述娓娓道来,结尾令人诧异唏嘘。精巧的写作手法使得她的小说别具一格,散发出独特的魅力,引发读者强烈的共鸣。
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她对所有事物都异常敏感:吹在裸露肌肤上的暖风,脚趾尖的凉鞋带,无花果树的叶片形状,它每片都衬着蓝天形成明显光影。这种强烈敏锐的感觉有如刚坠入爱河,或怀孕初期,或第一次开车上路,每样东西都有特殊意义。
All the husbands were hiding, and Madeline was standing this close to him, poking her finger into his chest like this, not giving an inch.
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