#SRC2017 Book Spotlight: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Title:Truly Madly Guilty

Author:Liane Moriarty

Published:July 2017, Flatiron Books

Format:Paperback, 512 pages

 

Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It’s just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong?

In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty turns her unique, razor-sharp eye towards three seemingly happy families.

Sam
and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit, busy life: they have two
little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job, and Clementine, a
cellist, is busy preparing for the audition of a lifetime. If there’s
anything they can count on, it’s each other.

Clementine and Erika
are each other’s oldest friends. A single look between them can convey
an entire conversation. But theirs is a complicated relationship, so
when Erika mentions a last minute invitation to a barbecue with her
neighbors, Tiffany and Vid, Clementine and Sam don’t hesitate. Having
Tiffany and Vid’s larger than life personalities there will be a welcome
respite.

Two months later, it won’t stop raining, and Clementine and Sam can’t stop asking themselves the question: What if we hadn’t gone?

In Truly Madly Guilty,
Liane Moriarty takes on the foundations of our lives: marriage, sex,
parenthood, and friendship. She shows how guilt can expose the fault
lines in the most seemingly strong relationships, how what we don’t say
can be more powerful than what we do, and how sometimes it is the most
innocent of moments that can do the greatest harm.

My thoughts: 

“Here’s the best news you’ve heard all year: Not a single page disappoints…The only difficulty with Truly Madly Guilty? Putting it down.” ―Miami Herald

“Liane
Moriarty is one of the few writers I’ll drop anything for. Her books
are wise, honest, beautifully observed, and―unusually―I can never tell
where they’re going to go.” ―Jojo Moyes

“The author of Big Little Lies―which
is being made into an HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Reese
Witherspoon―brings it again. This time, the lives of a few happy
families are changed forever after a barbecue. Well done, in more ways
than one.” ―Skimm Reads 

“Emotionally riveting…Moriarty is a deft
storyteller who creates believable, relatable characters. The well-drawn
cast here will engage readers and remind them that life halfway around
the world isn’t much different from life here―families argue, neighbors
meddle and children push boundaries.” ―Washington Post

“[A] masterpiece…Extremely relatable and thought-provoking…Ms. Moriarty’s shining talent in Truly Madly Guilty
is her uncanny ability to get into the mind of her well-developed
characters, turn the mirror on the reader and make you think about your
own relationships, both past and present.” ―Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Truly Madly Guilty
will be widely read…It has all the requisite trademarks of one of her
hits…It probes some of the things she writes about best: fraught
friendships, covert backbiting, stale marriages.” ―New York Times

“Stacked
with her signature themes: female friendship, duplicity, the darkness
lurking beneath lucky, ordinary suburban lives…The last twist, though,
is nearly worth the wait, and what sets Moriarty’s writing apart…has as
much to do with her canny insights into human nature as her clever
plotting…Compelling.” ―Entertainment Weekly

“Perhaps
the most anticipated release this summer, Moriarty is at her finest in
this keep you guessing multi-family drama surrounding a tragic event at a
casual neighborhood barbecue. You will not soon forget this cast of
troubled yet very likable characters, and the relationships that both
bind and nearly destroy them.” ―Huffington Post

“The author of Big Little Lies doing what she does best: unraveling people’s public selves with an urgency that keeps you reading.” ―Glamour Magazine

“[A]
brilliant story of love, marriage, parenthood and, of course,
guilt…It’s wonderfully suspenseful, slyly sentimental, sometimes
outright sad―and also truly, madly, amazingly funny.” ―Forth Worth Star-Telegram

“Liane Moriarty has done it again. Truly Madly Guilty has it all―suspense, drama, humor, and a cracking story cleverly told.” ―Fabulous Magazine (UK)

 

**********************************************************************************

Truly Madly Guilty  by Liane Moriarty is one of  BookSparks “Summer Reads” reading selection picks. 

  

 

 Follow the #SRC2017 hashtag on twitter to read reviews on this book as well
as reviews on the other summer books! Also, be sure to check out the BookSparks Facebook page for the#SRC2017 
and other fun links. You can participate in weekly secret missions for
chances to win signed copies of selected books and more! There’s a new
secret mission each week 🙂