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Macquarie alumna’s book made into TV series for HBO
In a tranquil seaside town, nothing is quite as it seems. Doting mums, successful husbands, adorable children, beautiful homes: What lies will be told to keep their perfect worlds from unraveling?
Told through the eyes of three mothers – Madeline, Celeste and Jane – Big Little Lies paints a picture of a town fueled by rumours and divided into the haves and have-nots, exposing the conflicts, secrets and betrayals that compromise relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, and friends and neighbours.
The new HBO TV series is based on the New York Times number-one bestseller by Macquarie alumna Liane Moriarty, and weaves a tale of murder and mischief as it explores society’s myth of perfection and the contradictions that exist beneath our idealised façade of marriage, sex, parenting and friendship.
The series features Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, James Tupper, Jeffrey Nordling, Santiago Cabrera, P.J. Byrne and Virginia Kull.
I love Liane’s style of writing and her stories are, definitely, page-turners. Congratulations Liane!
Good to hear – and I’ve read back and forth a few times but still cannot see the name of the book or the series?
Hi
The title of the Liane Moriarty’s book is “Big Little Lies”.
Regards
David
Thank you for forwarding the Macquarie Matters document to me.
As I was reading the synopsis on the article about the Macquarie alumna Liane Moriarty, and found words were missing in the first sentence which made it not making sense.
Someone needs to slow down and carefully edit the articles they are presenting, or the supervisor needs to check the work of the person doing the editing.
Cheers,
Jenny
“Macquarie alumna’s book made into TV serIn a tranquil seaside town, nothing is quite as it seems.” – this is the first sentence in the synopsis that does not make sense.
Does it mean to say something like: “Macquarie alumna’s book made into TV serIes, is set in a tranquil seaside town, where nothing is quite as it seems.”
The article could have provided this link to the Foxtel site which provides a preview.
https://www.foxtel.com.au/watch/big-little-lies.html
Thank you Alison for sharing the link. It’s now embedded in the article for all to see!
Regards
David