Big Little Lies

by Liane Moriarty

Everyone wanted to be rich and beautiful, but the truly rich and beautiful had to pretend they were just the same as everyone else. Oh, it was a funny old world.

Your child was a little stranger, constantly changing, disappearing and reintroducing himself to you. New personality traits could appear overnight.

It had never crossed her mind that sending your child to school would be like going back to school yourself.

If she packaged the perfect Facebook life, maybe she would start to believe it herself.

Nothing and nobody could aggravate you the way your child could aggravate you.

but you know, the truth isn’t always . . . it’s not always . . . well, it’s not always that—” “Palatable,” offered Madeline.

“It’s because a woman’s entire self-worth rests on her looks,” said Jane. “That’s why. It’s because we live in a beauty-obsessed society where the most important thing a woman can do is make herself attractive to men.”