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Big Little Truths
Available to pre-order now. The new novel from #1 international bestseller Liane Moriarty, and the sequel to the worldwide phenomenon and inspiration for the award-winning TV series, Big Little Lies . . . 'A deliciously addictive drama that is equal parts juicy, gripping, and impossible to put down. I loved diving back into the lives of these unforgettable characters and watching their stories unfold in ways that were both intriguing and deeply satisfying' Freida McFadden, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author'Warm, funny, shocking and twisting. Written with such skill and heart, reading Big Little Truths felt like catching up with old friends. I adored it.' Chris Whitaker, Sunday Times bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark What's worse than a big little lie? An even bigger little truth . . .It has been a decade since the ill-fated quiz night at Pirriwee High. A man died. Accusations of murder were rife. For mothers and best friends Madeline, Celeste and Jane, the fall out still feels like it happened yesterday. Never mind that their kids have grown into grouchy teenagers with too many hormones. Or that, as their frazzled mothers, they don't have enough.Because life always has its challenges, big and small.So here's Madeline - carefully planning her 50th birthday party, little realising she's about to be upstaged.And Jane - so busy congratulating herself on her happy marriage to Tom, she hasn't noticed it's not.While Celeste, haunted by memories of her dead husband, fears what her very alive mother-in-law will do next.When the school receives an anonymous package containing a severed human finger, following reports of a creepy man lurking around students, (un-severed) fingers get pointed .Is this mischief, incrimination or even murder?A lie masquerading as the truth? Or a secret just waiting to come out?What is clear is that the stakes keep getting higher, and that the truth will always hurt someone ...
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The Things You'll Never Know
“Nobody delves as deep into the guts of motherhood as Ashley Audrain; she really is in a league of her own.” —Lisa JewellFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Push, a bold, unputdownable story of motherhood, desire, betrayal, and loss told by a mother after her own death.“All those moments in life that mark a before, and an after. Before the death of me, and after. Before they knew the truth of what happened, and after.”Fiona stares up at the faces of her husband, Adam, and their children. They’ve found her on the hallway floor. The double doors slam on the ambulance, and Fiona watches it take her body away—but how can that be, if she’s still here in her home, with her family? That’s when she realizes her worst fear has come true: Fiona is dead.In the days that follow, Fiona moves quietly among them, as they become increasingly suspicious about her death. Everyone seems to be hiding something—her depressive husband, her devoted best friend, her estranged younger sister, her precocious six-year-old son, and most of all, Fiona herself. That is, until her teenage daughter discovers Fiona’s diary—and the stunning betrayal she had been hiding.Exploring the performative identities of womanhood, the cost of being good, and what we owe ourselves and each other in the face of desire, Ashley Audrain's daring, thought-provoking novel asks: will you find who you really are, before you die?
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The Things You'll Never Know
“Nobody delves as deep into the guts of motherhood as Ashley Audrain; she really is in a league of her own.” —Lisa JewellFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Push, a bold, unputdownable story of motherhood, desire, betrayal, and loss told by a mother after her own death.“All those moments in life that mark a before, and an after. Before the death of me, and after. Before they knew the truth of what happened, and after.”Fiona stares up at the faces of her husband, Adam, and their children. They’ve found her on the hallway floor. The double doors slam on the ambulance, and Fiona watches it take her body away—but how can that be, if she’s still here in her home, with her family? That’s when she realizes her worst fear has come true: Fiona is dead.In the days that follow, Fiona moves quietly among them, as they become increasingly suspicious about her death. Everyone seems to be hiding something—her depressive husband, her devoted best friend, her estranged younger sister, her precocious six-year-old son, and most of all, Fiona herself. That is, until her teenage daughter discovers Fiona’s diary—and the stunning betrayal she had been hiding.Exploring the performative identities of womanhood, the cost of being good, and what we owe ourselves and each other in the face of desire, Ashley Audrain's daring, thought-provoking novel asks: will you find who you really are, before you die?
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The Things You'll Never Know
The daring and explosive new novel from Ashley Audrain, author of international bestsellers The Push and The Whispers. Available to pre-order now.'Nobody delves as deep into the guts of motherhood as Ashley Audrain; she really is in a league of her own' -Lisa Jewell'A woman's sudden death unleashes a slew of secrets for those left behind. No one writes women-their lives, their struggles, and their secret desires-better than Ashley Audrain. A masterclass in tension' - Shari Lapena A bold, unputdownable story of motherhood, desire, betrayal, and loss told by a mother after her own death.'All those moments in life that mark a before, and an after. Before the death of me, and after. Before they knew the truth of what happened, and after' Fiona stares up at the faces of her husband, Adam, and their children. They've found her on the hallway floor. The double doors slam on the ambulance, and Fiona watches it take her body away-but how can that be, if she's still here in her home, with her family? That's when she realizes her worst fear has come true: Fiona is dead. In the days that follow, Fiona moves quietly among them, as they become increasingly suspicious about her death. Everyone seems to be hiding something-her depressive husband, her devoted best friend, her estranged younger sister, her precocious six-year-old son, and most of all, Fiona herself. That is, until her teenage daughter discovers Fiona's diary-and the stunning betrayal she had been hiding. Exploring the performative identities of womanhood, the cost of being good, and what we owe ourselves and each other in the face of desire, Ashley Audrain's daring, thought-provoking novel asks: will you find who you really are, before you die?Praise for Ashley Audrain: 'Spellbinding, a shimmering, visceral ride through the dark side of family' LISA JEWELL'I absolutely loved this book' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER'A beautifully observed exploration of what it means to be a woman' SARAH PEARSE'Deeply thrilling and provocative . . a truly masterful novel' NITA PROSE'A chilling psychodrama about motherhood and community' i PAPER'A fearless deep dive into the real internal lives of women . . . a brilliant, deeply affecting novel you won't soon forget' SHARI LAPENA
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Sussurri
I Loverly, proprietari della casa più lussuosa di Harlow Street, hanno organizzato un pomeriggio di fine estate tra amici: un party favoloso dal primo all'ultimo dettaglio, ma solo fino a quando Whitney Loverly, l'impeccabile padrona di casa, donna magnetica che richiama in egual modo malevolenze e ammirazione, si scaglia urlando contro il primogenito di dieci anni. Una scenata che gela all'istante l'atmosfera festaiola e gli invitati. Nove mesi più tardi, verso mezzanotte, quello stesso bambino cade dalla finestra della sua cameretta ed entra in coma. Whitney gli siede accanto nella stanza d'ospedale satura di apprensione e angoscia, rifiutandosi di parlare con chiunque, compresa la sua migliore amica Blair, di cui non riesce nemmeno a sopportare la vista. I fatti che seguono nei tre giorni successivi, mentre si consuma il dramma del piccolo Xavier, la cui sorte è sospesa in un fermo immagine, stringono il campo sulle famiglie di Harlow Street. In particolare, sulle tre donne che ruotano intorno a Whitney - Blair, Rebecca, Mara - di cui vengono svelati segreti e bugie: sussurri, che a poco a poco s'insinuano sotto la spessa coltre che ha sempre protetto, o meglio coperto, i rapporti di buon vicinato. I sussurri sono le invidie, i desideri, le confusioni, le intuizioni silenziate; e Ashley Audrain si conferma maestra di seduzione nel delineare le paure e la furia delle donne quando diventano madri, quando diventano amiche, ogni volta che scelgono.
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La spinta
Essere madri è il mestiere più difficile del mondo. Una verità incontrovertibile, soprattutto per una donna come Blythe. Eppure, nonostante la sua storia, ci aveva provato ad avere la famiglia perfetta. Pensa a questo ora, seduta in macchina alla vigilia di Natale, mentre spia la nuova vita di suo marito, e due occhi la spiano di rimando: Violet, la sua enigmatica figlia. Negli anni, Blythe si è chiesta se sia stata la sua infanzia fatta di vuoti e solitudini a impedirle di essere una buona madre, o se invece qualcosa di incomprensibile e guasto si nasconda dietro le durezze e lo sguardo ribelle di Violet. Quando ne parlava con Fox, il marito ormai ex, lui minimizzava, fino al giorno di quel tragico incidente che ha cambiato le loro vite. Adesso Blythe è pronta a raccontare la sua verità, e la sua voce ci guida dentro la complessità del rapporto tra una madre e una figlia, esplorandone senza pudori gli abissi. Viscerale, onesto fino alla brutalità, la lettura della Spinta colpisce come un pugno dritto allo stomaco.
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Clever Little Thing
A MOTHER KNOWS HER CHILD BEST. DOESN'T SHE?'Brilliant and creepy, I wolfed it down! One of my favourite reads of 2025' LISA JEWELLCharlotte's daughter, Stella, is sensitive and brilliant - perhaps even a genius - but after the sudden death of her babysitter, Blanka, the once disruptive and anti-social child has become docile and agreeable. And what's more unsettling is that she has begun to mirror Blanka's personality, from her accent and repetitive phrases to fierce cravings for Armenian meat stew after being raised a vegetarian. Charlotte is pregnant with her second child, depleted and sick, and convinced that Blanka herself is somehow responsible for Stella's transformation. But how could Blanka still be entwined in their lives?As Charlotte becomes increasingly obsessed, it's clear her husband believes this is all in her head and soon, Charlotte is convinced she is the only one who can save her daughter. Told through a singular, chilling voice, Clever Little Thing holds light to the blurred lines of diagnosis in children and to the vital power of maternal instinct. Kaleidoscopic and tense, pulse-pounding and genuinely creepy, this is an ode to motherhood and a page-turner that will haunt readers long after its epic finale.'Compelling and creepy' ASHLEY ELSTON'An eerie, twisty story of a mother trying to protect her daughter' TRACY SIERRA'Perfectly unnerving' ASHLEY AUDRAIN'Unsettling in the best way' MARY KUBICA'Incredibly moving, tense, and deliciously creepy' ASHLEY TATEDiscover for yourself why readers can't get enough of CLEVER LITTLE THING:'CLEAR YOUR CALENDARS for January. You will be doing nothing but devouring this absolutely breathtaking page-turner of a book. Think THE PUSH - on steroids' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'The best psychological thriller I've read this year!' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Clear your calendar because this one is impossible to put down. I devoured it in one sitting' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'If you enjoy bingeable psychological thrillers, pick this one up . . . it deserves all the praise' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Clever Little Thing explores the complexity of mother-daughter relationships with a supernatural twist . . . a phenomenal read, one that I didn't want to put down' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A must read . . . a book that I will tell everyone about!' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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El Rumor / The Whispers
«Escrito con maestría, sutileza y fuerza, [...] es refrescante e inquietante, [...] y tiene un final de infarto'. -Ivy Pochoda, The New York Times Book Review El verano se acerca a su fin y Whitney y Jacob han organizado una barbacoa para sus vecinos: Blair, la mejor amiga de Whitney, y su marido e hija; y Rebecca y Ben, una pareja sin hijos. Mientras la anfitriona se divide entre sus invitados y su incontrolable hijo Xavier, la anciana Mara, que ha preferido no acudir, observa la fiesta desde su jardín, buscando los aviones de papel que Xavier le lanza por la ventana cada noche. Cuando la madre pierde los nervios con el niño, ninguno le da importancia, una decisión que cuestionarán cuando, meses más tarde, el pequeño caiga misteriosamente desde su ventana. Mientras Xavier lucha por su vida, las mujeres de la calle Harlow se enfrentan a un dilema: continuar como si nada hubiera pasado o hacer caso al rumor de su intuición, que destapará secretos que ninguna quería afrontar. Un thriller estremecedor que explora la amistad femenina, la envidia, los deseos potenciados y acallados por la maternidad y la inexorabilidad de la propia intuición. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Expertly, subtly and powerfully rendered....[The Whispers] delivers a sucker-punch ending you'll have to read twice to believe."--The New York Times Book Review "[An] electrifying...razor-sharp page-turner." --Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After Featured in summer reading recommendations by Good Morning America, TIME, ELLE, The Washington Post & more From the New York Times bestselling author of The Push, a propulsive thriller about four families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens--and what is lost when we give in to our own worst impulses. On Harlow Street, the well-to-do neighborhood couples and their children gather for a catered barbecue as the summer winds down; drinks continue late into the night. Everything is fabulous until the picture-perfect hostess explodes in fury because her son disobeys her. Everyone at the party hears her exquisite veneer crack--loud and clear. Before long, that same young boy falls from his bedside window in the middle of the night. And then, his mother can only sit by her son's hospital bed, where she refuses to speak to anyone, and his life hangs in the balance. What happens next, over the course of a tense three days, as each of these women grapple with what led to that terrible night? Exploring envy, women's friendships, desire, and the intuitions that we silence, The Whispers is a chilling novel that marks Audrain as a major women's fiction talent.
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Das Geflüster
Das Geflüster begann lange vor dem Unfall in der Harlow Street. Denn wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer. Wo Freundschaft, Neid. Und hinter jeder Lüge verbirgt sich eine verheerende Wahrheit. Bevor der Sommer zu Ende geht, versammelt sich die Nachbarschaft der Harlow Street zu einem Gartenfest. Getränke fließen bis spät in die Nacht und alles scheint perfekt - vor allem die Gastgeberin. Bis zu dem Moment, als Whitney vor aller Augen die Fassung verliert, weil ihr neunjähriger Sohn Xavier nicht gehorchen möchte. Die emotionale Entgleisung sorgt für Getuschel hinter vorgehaltener Hand. Als Xavier nur wenige Monate später aus seinem Kinderzimmerfenster stürzt, ist der Skandal unvermeidbar und das Urteil schnell gefällt. Doch in dieser Nachbarschaft ist niemand so vollkommen, wie er vorgibt zu sein. Im Laufe einer Woche spitzen die Dinge sich zu: Während Xavier zwischen Leben und Tod schwebt, müssen sich die Frauen in der Harlow Street ihren eigenen Abgründen stellen. »Das Geflüster« ist ein mitreißenden Pageturner über vier Frauen, deren Leben sich verändert, als das Undenkbare passiert - und über das, was zerbricht, wenn gute Menschen unverzeihliche Entscheidungen treffen. »Das Ende dieses Romans ist ein derartiger Hammer, dass Sie es zweimal lesen müssen, um es zu glauben.« New York Times
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Things Don't Break On Their Own
'This is the one: the next must-read, must-discuss novel' A.J. FINN'A terrific debut from a promising talent' KARIN SLAUGHTER'I will be thinking about it for years ... I loved it' GILLIAN McALLISTER---She could be anyone. She could be you. Nobody ever found out what happened to Laika Martenwood, the girl who vanished without a trace on her way to school one morning. But for her sister Willa, life shattered into tiny pieces that day, and she has never been able to put them back together again. Willa sees Laika everywhere: on buses, at parties, in busy streets. It's been twenty-five years, and the only thing that has kept her going is her belief that her sister is alive, somewhere. But when a dinner party conversation about childhood memories spirals out of control, a shattering revelation from one of the guests forces Willa to rethink everything she thought she knew about her past. And, out of the debris of that explosive evening, the truth of what really happened begins to emerge. Piece by piece. ---'A genuine page-turner' ALICE FEENEY'So, so, so good' CHRIS WHITAKER'Enthralling and unmissable' EMILIA HART'Compelling' CLAIRE FULLER
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Mama's fluisteringen
Wanneer zijn de fluisteringen begonnen? Was het na het feestje, toen Whitney woedend tegen haar zoon uitbarstte? Of wanneer buurvrouw Blair ongevraagd Whitneys huis bespiedde? Of op het moment dat het kinderloze huwelijk van Rebecca en Ben zijn tol begon te eisen? Tijdens de nacht van het verschrikkelijke ongeluk worden de fluisteringen alsmaar luider, angstaanjagender, en lokken ze de drie vrouwen een voor een de duisternis in. Want er is geen ontkomen aan de waarheid. Jouw geheimen zijn nooit helemaal van jou alleen. De leugens die je verspreidt zullen je vroeg of laat inhalen… Mama’s fluisteringen is een duister psychologisch portret van koppels in crisis en families in vrije val. Met deze indringende roman bewijst Ashley Audrain opnieuw hoe treffend ze onder de vrouwenhuid kan kruipen en verkent zij jaloezie, vriendschap, verlangen, moederschap en de intuïties die wij onderdrukken. Ashley Audrain (1982) werkte voorheen als publiciteitsmanager bij Penguin Books Canada, waar zij met bestsellerauteurs als Khaled Hosseini en Elizabeth Gilbert werkte. Haar debuutroman De duw verscheen in meer dan dertig landen. Audrain woont met haar gezin in Toronto. ‘Mama’s fluisteringen is een betoverende, viscerale rit door de donkere kanten van familie, gemeenschap, vrouw- en moederschap. Niemand duikt zo diep in de ingewanden van het moederschap als Ashley Audrain, ze is echt een klasse apart.’ Lisa Jewell ‘Een sterke en verslavende roman van de koningin van het psychologisch drama, Ashley Audrain. Een eerlijke, ongecensureerde blik op vrouwen en moederschap in de nasleep van een mysterieuze tragedie. Mama’s fluisteringen is een must-read.’ Mary Kubica
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The Whispers
"The Loverlys sit by the hospital bed of their young son who is in a coma after falling from his bedroom window in the middle of the night; his mother, Whitney, will not speak to anyone. Back home, their friends and neighbors are left in shock, each confronting their own role in the events that led up to what happened that terrible night: the warm, altruistic Parks who are the Loverlys' best friends; the young, ambitious Goldsmiths who are struggling to start a family of their own; and the quiet, elderly Portuguese couple who care for their adult son with a developmental disability, and who pass the long days on the front porch, watching their neighbors go about their busy lives. The story spins out over the course of one week, in the alternating voices of the women in each family as they are forced to face the secrets within the walls of their own homes, and the uncomfortable truths that connect them all to one another. Set against the heartwrenching drama of what will happen to Xavier, who hangs between death and life, or a life changed forever, THE WHISPERS is a novel about what happens when we put our needs ahead of our children's. Exploring the quiet sacrifices of motherhood, the intuitions that we silence, the complexities of our closest friendships, and the danger of envy, this is a novel about the reverberations of life's most difficult decisions." --
€ 30,50