Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty Summary
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One backyard barbecue shatters three families in Liane Moriarty's Goodreads Choice Award winner. Optioned by Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon just weeks after publication, this psychological thriller explores how ordinary moments hide extraordinary consequences. What secrets would you keep to protect friendship?
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When a Backyard Barbecue Becomes a Nightmare
One ordinary Sunday afternoon, six adults and three children gather for what should be a simple suburban barbecue. The hosts, Vid and Tiffany, are gregarious and welcoming, their backyard an extravagant paradise complete with a magnificent marble fountain. Their guests-Clementine and Sam with their daughters Holly and Ruby, and Erika and Oliver-arrive with their own hidden agendas and complicated histories. Nobody suspects that by evening's end, their lives will be forever altered. What begins as casual conversation over grilled meat and flowing wine spirals into a catastrophe when two-year-old Ruby falls into the fountain and nearly drowns. In those terrifying moments when her tiny body lies lifeless, each adult is forced to confront a devastating question: Where was I when it happened? And could I have prevented it?
The Complicated Dance of Friendship
The Moment Everything Changed
When Marriage Faces Its Breaking Point
The Secrets We Keep
Finding a Way Forward
The Delicate Balance of Ordinary Life
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