Truly madly guilty - Rambling Readers

418 pages

English language

Published Nov. 12, 2016

ISBN:: 978-1-250-06979-5
OCLC Number:: 921032875

(2 reviews)

"The new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot, about how sometimes we don't appreciate how extraordinary our ordinary lives are until it's too late. "What a wonderful writer--smart, wise, funny." --Anne Lamott 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 …

"The new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot, about how sometimes we don't appreciate how extraordinary our ordinary lives are until it's too late. "What a wonderful writer--smart, wise, funny." --Anne Lamott 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 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"--

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Review of 'Truly madly guilty' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

this was a fabulous tale - both the story and how it was told. alternating between present day and the 'day of the BBQ' you can't begin to imagine there will be enough material in 24 hours to fill 200 pages, but there is. of course, there is the little dance you do, trying to figure out what actually happened at the BBQ. but even if you guess in advance, it's likely impossible that you had the whole thing figured out. with so many well drawn out, and memorable characters, it's a matrix of a puzzle. and the space the characters inhabit in the 'before' chapters vs the 'after' chapters is both incredibly different and totally believable. and that's the piece that was so well done for me - because we start the book with the present day - 3 months since the BBQ? - and it was nearly impossible …

this was a fabulous tale - both the story and how it was told. alternating between present day and the 'day of the BBQ' you can't begin to imagine there will be enough material in 24 hours to fill 200 pages, but there is. of course, there is the little dance you do, trying to figure out what actually happened at the BBQ. but even if you guess in advance, it's likely impossible that you had the whole thing figured out. with so many well drawn out, and memorable characters, it's a matrix of a puzzle. and the space the characters inhabit in the 'before' chapters vs the 'after' chapters is both incredibly different and totally believable. and that's the piece that was so well done for me - because we start the book with the present day - 3 months since the BBQ? - and it was nearly impossible to reconcile the behaviors of 'today' with the actions of 'before the BBQ" and I was ready to call the whole thing a sham until: Wham-mo, it all locked into place. this is truly an author I need to read more of. (and a gift with the prose, did I mention? beautifully written!)

GrandmaY

rated it

Dec. 21, 2016

Subjects

Couples
Friendship
Fiction