I've decided that I need to stop myself from starting a new book until AFTER I blog about the one I just finished. For some reason colder weather increases my need to read, so I'm getting behind yet again!
Liane Moriarty is amazing. She manages to combine intrigue, psychological drama, humor, and traditional chick-lit elements into one very entertaining novel. The Kettle sisters, Cat, Lyn, and Gemma, are Australian triplets. Cat and Lyn are identical blondes while Gemma is fraternal and a red-head. All are tall, beautiful, and a force to be reckoned with. The story opens during a celebration of the triplets' 34th birthday in a Sidney restaurant, a celebration that turns into brawl resulting in one triplet accidentally embedding a fork into her pregnant sister's abdomen. Moriarty then takes us back almost a year, retracing the events in each sister's life that lead to the fateful birthday dinner. Lyn, an organizational dynamo, owns her own successful business and is a perfect wife and mother who suddenly finds herself suffering panic attacks. Cat, a marketing executive who longs for a baby, is devastated to learn that her marriage is not the success she believed it to be. Gemma is the sister still trying to find her place in life, working as a house-sitter and unable to even consider sustaining a relationship for more than a few months after the death of her fiance, at least until she meets Charlie. Added into the mix are the girls' dysfunctional parents, whose 34-year relationship (beginning with the conception of the triplets) is fraught with sarcasm and disdain. Starting the novel with the restaurant incident seems unusual for this type of novel, kind of like one of those old movies that start with the murder and then go back to the beginning so the audience can see how the crime unfolded, but it certainly made me want to read more.
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