Since her fiance was killed in a traffic accident ten years ago, she’s been a serial monogamist with no relationship lasting more than six months. Cat is dealing with adultery and the break up of her marriage, while Gemma appears to be an unmotivated wanderer.
Her husband is some sort of successful tech guy and very supportive. She runs her own business, and is married with one young daughter, a hormonal, teenage step-daughter, and a difficult ex-wife. Two of them are identical, Cat and Lyn, while one of them is fraternal, Gemma. We learn that the three women fighting at the restaurant are actually triplets.
But I really enjoyed Three Wishes, and I’m looking forward to reading more from her. I did find that Morarity’s conceit stretched a little thin in Truly Madly Guilty, which is probably why I took a short break from her books. They are also funny and original with insights into the “regular” lives of families and mothers in suburban Australia. I have consistently found her books to be entertaining page-turners with good characters and true, meaningful emotion. I think Moriarty sticks with this scheme because it works. And in Three Wishes (2004), three women celebrating their birthday at a restaurant have a public fight that eventually involves a trip to the hospital. In Truly Madly Guilty an “incident” occurs at a barbecue. In Big Little Lies, we learn that something went wrong at an Elementary School fundraising talent show and someone died. Then she goes back however many months or years are necessary, and we learn about the characters, their motivations, and the circumstances leading up to that event. She begins with a vague description of some kind of “event” that has occurred, but only gives the reader enough details to pique their interest. In the books I’ve read so far, Moriarty has a very clear pattern with her plots. I loved it and went on to read What Alice Forgot, The Husband’s Secret, and Truly Madly Guilty. The first book I read by Liane Moriarty was Big Little Lies.
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