Here One Moment
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By Liane Moriarty
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The new novel from the worldwide Number One bestselling author behind the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning HBO series Big Little Lies and recent smash hit bestseller Apples Never Fall.
We’re all so busy, caught up in life’s moments, big and small . . .
The flight attendant working a shift on her birthday.
The mother struggling alone with two young children.
The newlyweds excited about their tropical honeymoon .
The overworked father missing his kid’s big show.
The young man returning from his best friend’s funeral.
The ER nurse wondering what retirement will bring.
All strangers. All unsuspecting. Each with a life heading in a particular direction – or so they imagine.
Because an elderly woman is about to step into each of their paths. In just a few words, she will make a prediction, tying herself to all of them. And, in being bound to her, these disparate strangers will all face similar existential dilemmas. .
Who is this woman? Is she a genuine clairvoyant? A charlatan? The answer to prayers, or a harbinger of nightmares?
What she will prove to be is an agent of chaos, fraying relationships, putting entire futures into doubt and causing the most ordered of lives to unravel in the most unexpected of ways . . .
Praise for Liane Moriarty:
‘One of the few writers I’ll drop anything for’ Jojo Moyes ‘An engrossing mashup of family drama and psychological suspense that offers a mystery. Complex and satisfying. Perfect holiday reading’ Guardian ‘Keeps you guessing until the very end’ Reese Witherspoon‘Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly’ Sunday Express
‘Had me utterly hooked’ Daily Mail
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Four of our group read this, 3 gave it 4 stars and one didn’t rate it well at all. There were slow parts but an interesting concept and some really interesting conversations arose from the discussion.
Mixed views on the ending!
This is another gripping novel by Liane Moriarty, which was published earlier this year. A bunch of people board a plane to travel from Hobart, Tasmania to Sydney. They are a disparate bunch, and include the chief-stewardess Allegra, a newly-wed couple, a frazzled young mother with two small children, a grieving young man returning from a funeral, an emergency room nurse, and many others. Mid-flight a woman walks down the aisle and starts to predict the date and cause of death for everybody on board. Most take it as a joke but some take it seriously and the novel then follows the lives of some of the people who had early-death predictions, as well as the life of the woman who made the predictions. One way or another everyone’s lives are changed, even those who took it for a joke, and eventually the reader finds out what is actually happening. I think Liane Moriarty is completely brilliant at blending the lives of many people and asking questions of the reader. Who is the culprit? Why this is happening? Is this even a crime, or not? I loved this.
Review by Freyja, Oundle Crime
