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Liane Moriarty is the author of several New York Times bestsellers including Big Little Lies, The The Husband’s Secret, and Nine Perfect Strangers – Hulu’s most recent top streaming miniseries film adaption. Liane was born in Sydney, Australia, and was the eldest of six children. Her first publishing deal was 'commissioned' by her father. He offered her an advance of $1 to write a novel for him; she eagerly accepted and wrote an epic called The Mystery of Dead Man’s Land. Of course, that one didn’t quite cut it in the publishing world. Today, Liane has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide and her novels have been translated into forty languages.
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BY LIANE MORIARTY What is considered “normal” when it comes to describing a family dynamic? In most cases, “dysfunctional” may be a better term to express what happens behind closed doors. That’s certainly the case in Liane Moriarty’s September 2021 release of Apples Never Fall. The Delaney family once seemed like an average hard-working, tennis-playing household but then Joy, a beloved wife and mother of four adult daughters, disappears. Joy’s daughters are shocked by their mother’s disappearance and reluctant to report it to the authorities in fear that their father, Stan, may be the number one suspect. While two of the daughters believe their father is innocent, the other two aren’t so sure. 26
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When the police get notified of Joy’s absence, family stories and hidden secrets begin to surface sending the family spiraling. What reinforces police suspicion is Stan’s weird behavior. Prior to Joy's disappearance, the couple receives a knock on their door one night from a young girl, Savannah, who was bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. The Delaneys are happy to help the stranger in distress. Only when Joy goes missing, so does Savannah. Additionally, Joy leaves a cryptic message behind for her four children. The question is… Where is Joy? What happened to her? Is she alive or dead? And if dead, who is responsible? But before it’s all over, everything is revealed and laid bare.
