HBO精緻製作影集,由〈藥命俱樂部〉〈那時候,我只剩下勇敢〉金獎導演執導
奧斯卡影后妮可‧基嫚(Nicole Kidman)與瑞絲‧薇斯朋(Reese Witherspoon)執行製作並領銜演出
更有〈噬血真愛〉〈泰山傳奇〉性格演員亞歷山大‧史柯斯嘉(Alexander Skarsgård)等強大卡司
改編自暢銷作家黎安.莫瑞亞蒂同名作品
擋不住的魅力!版權熱賣全球 22個國家,暢銷近200萬冊
書上市不到一個月隨即賣出影視版權
空降《紐約時報》Top1、Amazon網路書店Top5、Goodreads超過18萬名讀者評論
榮獲Amazon網路書店與《科克斯評論》2014年度最佳小說
每個人都帶著祕密和面具生活,
但時間久了,你,還能面對真正的自己嗎?
珍恩,一名有著五歲兒子的神祕單親媽媽,年輕纖瘦,對口香糖上癮,
因為某個說不出口的原因,總是四處遷徙,不停駐一處超過半年,
現在,她來到平靜的濱海小鎮停留──隨性卻有目的的停留。
瑪德琳,活潑開朗,喜愛各種熱鬧,也熱愛衝突,
最新的苦惱,是年歲已屆四十,青春期的女兒開始叛逆,還有前夫帶著新老婆搬到她家附近。
身為有教養的淑女,她可以客氣有禮地和前夫相處,真的──才怪!
瑟麗絲,令人屏息的美麗,老公富有帥氣,一對雙胞胎活潑可愛,
堪稱小鎮完美典範,雖然有些微神經質,但這讓她比較像個人。
但大家不知道的是,她並不想當完美嬌妻,那讓她有很多話無法說出口,
只得千里迢迢跑到郊區找心理醫師傾吐,甚至,在醫師的建議下找起了房子。
這天早晨,珍恩在送小孩去學校的路上拯救了腳意外受傷的瑪德琳,
巧的是,她們的小孩讀同一個學校,更進而認識瑪德琳的美麗好友──瑟麗絲。
三位個性截然不同的女人出乎眾人意料地成為好友,一切似乎都往好的一面進行,
但珍恩尚來不及了解家長圈複雜的社會階級,她的小孩卻被指控「欺負同學」……
原本,大家帶點祕密和面具生活無可厚非,
畢竟誰都想保有尊嚴,不想將自己真正的生活赤裸裸攤在陽光下。
但她們沒料到的是,一個五歲小孩的小小謊言會如雪球般越滾越大,
不僅戳破所有人的偽裝,還造成全校家長的對立,更甚者,一位家長死了……
這是個關於祕密、謊言與人性的故事,最後也讓你不禁想問:
我能面對真正的自己嗎?需要忍耐的愛真的是愛?身邊的人臉上的笑容和話語是真的?我真的有公平對待每個人嗎……
編輯推薦:「作者擅長用『Gossip』形式,藉由生活小事層層堆疊出角色之間的張力,在細節中鋪陳出人性的複雜與深度,讓你除了讚嘆,還是讚嘆。」
來自各界讚譽
*沒話說的好書:趣味又駭人。──史蒂芬‧金
*令人不忍釋手,就好像……啜飲一杯粉紅色的柯夢波丹調酒,只是裡面摻了一點點劇毒。──《今日美國報》
*作者一出手果然不同凡響,再次掀起一陣狂熱……這本鎖定女性讀者的作品充滿機智幽默,深入洞察人性,讓讀者一翻就上癮。──《科克斯評論》
*如果想成為啃書強迫症的患者……看這本就對了。莫瑞亞蒂再次創作出情節緊湊、幽默諷刺的暢銷鉅作。── 歐普拉網站
*這部小說具備其他作品無法與之匹敵的魅力和充滿醒世的智慧。──《娛樂週刊》
*難以抗拒……作者慧黠的幽默感與鋒利的洞察力將讓你忍不住一頁接一頁。──《時人雜誌》
*作者絕對是炎炎夏日的主流:充滿智慧和憐憫心……她讓一切看來如此真實!──家庭圈
Now an HBO® original series, the #1 New York Times bestseller about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.
A murder… . . . a tragic accident… . . . or just parents behaving badly?
What’s indisputable is that someone is dead.
But who did what?
Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads:
Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline’s youngest (how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline’s teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline’s ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).
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New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.
Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.
NOW AN HBO® ORIGINAL SERIES: Created by Emmy Award-winner David E. Kelly (Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal), and produced by Kelly, Reese Witherspoon, and Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies is set to debut in February 2017
FEATURES AN ALL-STAR CAST including Oscar-winner Kidman as Celeste Wright, Oscar-winner Witherspoon as Madeline Mackenzie, Shailene Woodley as Jane Chapman, and Alexander Skarsgård as Perry Wright
MEDIA TIE-IN EDITION in both mass market and trade
HARDCOVER AND PAPERBACK SUCCESS: Big Little Lies was a #1 New York Times bestseller in hardcover and #3 in paperback
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