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If you knew when you were going to die, what would you do differently? It all begins on a flight from Hobart to Sydney. The flight will be smooth. It will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off the plane. But almost all of them will be changed forever. Because on this ordinary...

Three sisters, one birthday, one little problem... The three Kettle sisters have had a mortifying mishap. Their raucous, champagne-soaked birthday dinner has come to an abrupt end following a violent argument and an emergency dash to the hospital. So who started it this time? Was it angry, hurt Cat, still recovering from the 'night of the spaghetti'? Was it Lyn, so serenely successful, at least on the outside? Or was it quirky, dreamy Gemma, the sister who can't keep a secret except for the most important one of all?

"I'll tell you something, something important. Love is a decision. Not a feeling. That's what you young people don't realise. That's why you're always off divorcing each other. No offence, dear." So decrees the formidable Connie Thrum of Scribbly Gum Island. She is the chief decision-maker of a rather unconventional family and her word is law. It's been over seventy years since Connie and her sister Rose visited their neighbours and found the kettle boiling and a baby waking for her feed, but no sign of her parents.

The Hypnotist's Love Story is about the mild craziness that lurks behind the facades we present to the world, especially when it comes to love. Ellen O'Farrell is an expert when it comes to human frailties. She's a hypnotherapist who helps her clients deal with everything from addictions to life-long phobias. So when she falls in love with a man who is being stalked by his ex-girlfriend she's more intrigued than frightened.

What if they hadn't gone? That's the question Clementine can't stop asking herself. It was just a backyard barbeque. They didn't know their hosts that well. They were friends of friends. They could so easily have said no. But she and her husband, Sam, said yes, and now they can never change what they did and didn't do that beautiful winter's day. Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One yapping dog. It's a normal weekend in the suburbs. What could possibly go wrong?

The Husband's Secret is a funny, heartbreaking novel of marriage, grief, love, and secrets. When her husband announces he's in love with her best friend, painfully shy Tess picks up her young son and returns to her mother's house. There she begins an unexpected affair with an old flame. Rachel is a woman in her 60s consumed by grief and anger at the loss of her daughter 20 years earlier. When her son announces he is taking her beloved grandson overseas, Rachel begins a descent into deeper bitterness and pain.

Could 10 days at a health resort really change you forever? Nine perfect strangers are about to find out.... The 10-day retreat at boutique health-and-wellness resort Tranquillum House promises healing and transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage and absorb the blissful meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages. They are all on a path to a better way of living. Or at least a better waistline....

When Alice Love surfaces from a beautiful dream to find she's been injured in a gym, she knows that something is very wrong – she hates exercise. Alice's first concern is her baby – she's pregnant with her first child, and she's desperate to see her husband, Nick, who she knows will be worried about her.But Alice isn't pregnant. And Nick isn't worried.

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARRING SAM NEILL AND ANNETTE BENING From the outside, the Delaneys appear to be an enviably contented family. Even after all these years, former tennis coaches Joy and Stan are still winning tournaments, and now that they've sold the family business they have all the time...

Pirriwee Public is a beautiful little beachside primary school where children are taught that 'sharing is caring.' So how has the annual School Trivia Night ended in full-blown riot? Sirens are wailing. People are screaming. The principal is mortified. And one parent is dead. Was it a murder, a tragic accident or just good parents gone bad? As the parents at Pirriwee Public are about to discover, sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal.

When an incredibly tall man interrupts Nicola Berry's incredibly boring geography lesson, she's sure that something fantastic and unexpected and unusual is about to happen. The King and Queen of the planet Globagaskar have gone on holiday leaving their spoilt daughter Princess Petronella in charge. The bored Princess decides to turn Earth, the holiday destination of choice for the discerning Globagaskarian, into a rubbish dump.

In der Familie ihrer Freundin Clementine fand Erika stets Halt und Geborgenheit, in ihrem eigenen Zuhause nicht. Auch heute ist Clementine ihr Zufluchtsort, und nun hofft Erika in einem delikaten Fall auf Hilfe: Sie und ihr Mann Oliver sind ungewollt kinderlos, und sie möchte die Freundin um einen mehr als großen Gefallen bitten. Als Erika das Thema bei einem gemütlichen Barbecue anspricht, nehmen Ereignisse ihren Lauf, die in eine Katastrophe münden. Ist ihre Freundschaft stark genug, um diese zu überstehen?

Ein Haus. Neun Fremde. Zehn Tage, die alles verändern werden... In einem abgelegenen Ressort versammeln sich neun Menschen, die sich noch nie zuvor begegnet sind. Fünf Frauen und vier Männer, die eins gemeinsam haben: Jeder von ihnen steht an einem Punkt in seinem Leben, an dem klar ist, so kann es nicht mehr weitergehen. Frances, beispielsweise, ist einem Heiratsschwindler zum Opfer gefallen. Tony ist ehemaliger Footballstar und nun übergewichtig. Oder Carmel, die vierfache Mutter wurde von ihrem Mann verlassen. Im Luxus des Wellness-Komforts kommen Geheimnisse ans Licht.

Audible Exclusive. Liane Moriarty drops by to talk about her career.

Einfühlsam und schonungslos: Mit feinem Sinn für Humor erzählt Liane Moriarty von tiefen Verletzungen und längst fälligen Wahrheiten. Die Delaneys sind in Sydney die Vorzeigefamilie par excellence. Stan und Joy blicken voller Stolz auf ihr Leben und die vier erwachsenen Kinder. Doch keiner der vier konnte so richtig Fuß fassen - weder privat noch beruflich. Zu übermächtig waren die Ansprüche der Eltern. Die scheinbare Idylle gerät ins Wanken, als eine Fremde das alte Ehepaar mit einer schmerzhaften Wahrheit konfrontiert und Joy daraufhin spurlos verschwindet.

Trois couples épanouis. De charmants enfants. Une amitié solide. Et un barbecue entre voisins par un beau dimanche ensoleillé : tous les ingrédients sont réunis pour passer un bon moment. Alors, pourquoi, deux mois plus tard, les invités ne cessent-ils de se répéter : "Si seulement nous n'y étions pas allés" ? Après le succès du "Secret du mari", traduit dans 55 pays, et de "Petits secrets, grands mensonges", adapté par HBO sous le titre "Big Little Lies", Liane Moriarty continue de dévoiler la noirceur qui rôde sous les vies ordinaires.

Para todos los que los conocen, los Delaney son una familia envidiable. Incluso después de todos estos años, los padres, Stan y Joy, siguen teniendo una química evidente y continúan arrasando en las pistas de tenis. Y ahora que han vendido su exitosa academia tienen todo el tiempo del mundo para relajarse y disfrutar de la vida. Sus cuatro hijos nunca llegaron a triunfar en el deporte, aunque han acabado teniendo éxito a su manera y la posibilidad de que empiecen a aparecer nietos en el horizonte llena a todos de felicidad.

Les passagers du vol Hobart-Sydney patientent à bord de l’avion dans l’attente du décollage. Parmi eux, une mère dépassée par ses deux enfants, deux jeunes mariés en lune de miel, un père de famille qui rentre chez lui, un homme en deuil, une infirmière proche de la retraite, une hôtesse de l’air qui fête son anniversaire. Des étrangers destinés à ne jamais se revoir. Mais voici que, tout à coup, une petite femme discrète aux cheveux gris se lève de son siège et s’adresse à chacun d’eux pour leur annoncer la date et les circonstances exactes de leur mort.

Nicola Berry and her friends have barely caught their breath from their last trip to space when they are called on another intergalactic adventure! This time, they're on their way to Shobble, a beautiful snowy rainbow planet where nothing bad ever happens – or so they say. It turns out there is trouble brewing beneath this glittery exterior, and Nicola is put in a tough position.

Jamais Cecilia n'aurait dû trouver cette lettre dans le grenier. Sur l'enveloppe jaunie, quelques mots de la main de son mari : "À n'ouvrir qu'après ma mort." Quelle décision prendre ? Respecter le vœu de John-Paul, qui est bien vivant ? Ou céder à la curiosité et découvrir un secret qui risque de bouleverser sa vie ? Numéro un sur la liste des best-sellers du New York Times pendant près d'un an, "Le secret du mari" connaît en France un immense succès.