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About Big Little Lies

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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Pacing
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Series

Big Little Lies · Book 1 of 2

Content warnings
  • murder
  • death
  • domestic abuse
  • physical abuse
  • sexual assault
  • rape
  • bullying
  • infidelity
  • alcohol use
  • body shaming/fatphobia
  • PTSD
  • misogyny
  • eating disorder
  • miscarriage references
  • infertility references

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