“So all I’m able to say is that something happened at a barbecue, and I went home with the idea for this book.” “With my other books, I’ve been able to tell the whole story of how I was inspired to write it, but in this case it will give away far too much,” she says during a call to her home in Sydney. But we can reveal that it involved a child, and that it was so troubling that Clementine is taking breaks from practicing for a crucial audition (she’s a cellist) to give talks with the sobering title “One Ordinary Day” at suburban libraries around Sydney.Įven Moriarty (whose first name is pronounced Lee-ann, if you’re wondering) has trouble talking about this one. So what did happen in that backyard? To say would shatter the considerable suspense of Truly Madly Guilty. One day, the sun is shining and you’re attending a backyard barbecue with friends and neighbors two months later, it’s pouring rain and you can’t stop blaming yourself for what happened on that last sunny day. We’re all one step away from disaster, and Australian author Liane Moriarty knows it.
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