Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
I had a hard time getting started in this book. I listened to it on Audio CDs and had difficulty figuring out the way the story is arranged. I also didn't care for the reader's raspy voice at first but it really grew on me and by the end of the book, I couldn't imagine Madeline in any other voice.
It is hard to believe that a book that deals with domestic violence could possibly have so much warmth and humor in it. If nothing else came from it, I gained a new phrase for life's little moments: "Oh calamity!"
Jane and her son, Ziggy, move to the rather exclusive Pirriwee Peninsula where 5 year old starts kindergarten. She meets other parents and becomes friends with Madeline and Celeste whose children are also starting kindergarten at Pirriwee Public. While things on the surface are beautiful and perfect, there is the ugliness of violence under the surface affecting both children and adults. But who and why?
Things come to a climax at the school's fund-raiser Trivia night. No spoilers but it is certainly a night to remember and a night best described by the phrase "Oh calamity!"
A very good read...or listen.
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