Summary of Truly Madly Guilty: by Liane Moriarty | Includes Analysis

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Summary of Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty | Includes Analysis

 

 

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Truly Madly Guilty, a novel by Liane Moriarty, flashes back and forth in time between the afternoon of a traumatic barbecue and its aftermath. The story, which unfolds in Sydne

• Language: English
• Publisher: Instaread, Inc
• Release date: Feb 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781683784579

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Truly Madly Guilty, a novel by Liane Moriarty, flashes back and forth in time between the afternoon of a traumatic barbecue and its aftermath. The story, which unfolds in Sydney, Australia, and its suburbs, describes the lives of the attendees two months after the barbecue where a little girl nearly drowned. Under a backdrop of incessant rain, over a period of months, three families cope with fallout from their fateful gathering with varying degrees of success.

Erika and Oliver, who are husband and wife, want a child very badly. More accurately, Oliver wants a child very badly and Erika wants Oliver to be happy. After they endure two years of unsuccessful in vitro fertilization treatments, their doctor suggests that they look for an egg donor. The obvious choice is Erika’s best friend, Clementine Hart. Erika and Oliver invite Clementine and her husband, Sam, and their two little girls, Holly and Ruby, over for tea to discuss the possibility for the first time.

On the day of the tea, Erika runs into her neighbor, Vid. He and his wife, Tiffany, know and like Clementine and Sam, whom they met at a Christmas party, so he invites everyone over for an impromptu barbecue at his place. Erika agrees, but she immediately regrets it. She calls Clementine, who still plans to come for tea before the barbecue begins. Oliver is upset about the change in plans. He and Erika both grew up in troubled, chaotic households. Oliver is the only