The Party 9781471168635 Paperback

It was supposed to be a celebration. How did it all go so wrong? An explosive family drama perfect for fans ofBig Little Lies.’A tense and riveting story about one night gone horribly wrong, and the fallout within a family and a group of friends’Megan Miranda, author ofAll the Missing GirlsSweet sixteen. It’s a coming of age, a milestone, a rite of passage. Of course Jeff and Kim Sanders will throw a party for their daughter, Hannah. She’s a good kid with good grades and nice friends. And it isn’t going to be a big, indulgent affair. Just four girls coming over for pizza and cake, movies and a sleepover. What could possibly go wrong?But thingsdo go wrong, horrifically wrong. After a tragic accident, Jeff and Kim’s flawless life in a wealthy San Francisco suburb begins to unravel. The injured girl’s mother, Lisa, files a lawsuit that turns friends into enemies, reveals dark secrets in the Sanders’ marriage, and exposes the truth about their perfect daughter, Hannah. Lisa’s determination to make the Sanders pay stems from a fierce love for her only child and Lisa’s own dark and damaged past.InThe Party, Christos Tsiolkas’sThe Slapmeets Liane Moriarty’sBig Little Lies,taking us behind the faade of the perfect family, exploring the secrets, betrayals, and moral lapses the neighbors don’t see.The Partyuncovers the lies and duplicities that children and parents tell each other. And tell themselves.’A compulsive page-turner that mines the push-pull between basic impulses and doing the right thing,The Partyis a domestic drama that spins off the rails with hellish consequences’Erica Ferencik, author ofThe River at Night’A tense and riveting story about one night gone horribly wrong, and the fallout within a family and a group of friends. Secrets, desires, choice and consequence,The Partyreveals that what lies inside a familyand each personis not always as it seems. I was hooked from the opening scene and could not look away until I reached the very last page’Megan Miranda,New York Timesbestselling author ofAll the Missing Girls’Cleverly constructed and brilliantly paced,The Partyis a raw telling of a family coming apart at the seams. Robyn Harding weaves a riveting tale that is impossible to put down’Bill Clegg,New York Timesbestselling author ofDid You Ever Have a Family