Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
As vacation comes to an end, I finished another RA Favorite
book: Big Little Lies by Liane
Morairty. Set in Australia, the book
brings together the stories of a group of mothers whose children are entering
kindergarten in a local public school.
Each of the three main characters are connecting through their children
and their own journeys in life: neglect, refusal, and rape/domestic violence at
the hands of men. At the same time, a
side story is presented through the children, one of whom is wrongly accused of
bullying another child in the classroom.
In the end, the characters and stories all tie in when a tragedy occurs involving
the death of one of the women's husbands.
In many ways, the book reminds me of a Jodi Piccoult book, where the
story is okay but the message is the ‘main thing’ that makes it worth
reading. I have heard that the book
turned into a movie/TV series, which was pretty popular. Unsure how different the book is from the
movie. I did listen to this one on tape,
so the dramatic effect was much akin to a movie. It is a microcosm of much of what happens in
our society today: ‘urban legend’ fiction becoming fact and the inevitable
bonding over shared misery. A bit of
what was termed many years ago as the “chick flick” genre. Real life at its best. It does have some good “oh wow, I didn’t
expect that” moments. Probably a good
beach read. 
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