To say Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty nails the zeitgeist is an understatement, as family tensions boil with renewed fervour.
Liane Moriarty nails the zeitgeist in her latest novel., it is on the occasion of a traditional Father’s Day lunch that we gain further insight into the follies and foibles of the tennis-playing Delaney family. Stan and Joy have run a successful tennis school for the entirety of their married life but now in retirement they’re aimless and cranky.
Clearly, Savannah’s role is to detonate the family’s equilibrium. To the children’s chagrin, she is a brilliant cook, going so far as to upstage eldest daughter Amy by making delicious chocolate brownies, traditionally Amy’s prerogative. Lest Amy be offended, the family members scrupulously take two brownies each – one from Amy’s plate and the other from Savannah’s.Tied to Stan’s chair is an incongruous Father’s Day balloon that occasionally taps him on the head.
As Stan analyses their weaknesses, each is gradually reduced to a hair-sucking, slouching child again. Just as Stan is about to explode with irritation, Joy – who has been feeling progressively ill throughout lunch – realises that because of a recent burst of unexpected sex with Stan she has a urinary tract infection.
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