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One of Those Mothers
About this book
A raw domestic thriller for fans of Liane Moriarty and
The Slap. If you were gripped by
Big Little Lies, you'll love
One of Those Mothers.
'Domestic noir up there with the best of them. Beautiful settings, believable characters, and a moral quandary to keep you reading through the night - One of Those Mothers is a page turner in all the right ways. - Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name
"Contemporary woes - children spending too much time online, the ubiquitous and worsening exposure to pornography, terror of the climate crisis, alcohol and substance use and negotiating modern marriage - are entertainingly evoked." - Newsroom
The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasionally they cheat on their taxes. Sometimes they fantasize about having sex with someone other than their partner. And every now and then they do drugs. But that doesn't make them bad people, does it?
When a local father is convicted of the possession and distribution of child pornography, the tight-knit, middle-class community is quick to unravel. He is granted permanent name suppression, and soon friend turns on friend, neighbor delivers up neighbor, and hysteria rapidly engulfs them all. Who among them was capable of such moral trespass?
Bridget, Roz and Lucy have been friends forever. Their lives revolve around their children, their community, each other. With their husbands and kids, they holiday together every year. Every year, until last summer, when everything went so terribly wrong.
They tell you things are never as bad as you fear, but what if they're worse? Worse than you could have ever imagined.
Were they all complicit? Certainly, they were guilty of looking in all the wrong places.
'Domestic noir up there with the best of them. Beautiful settings, believable characters, and a moral quandary to keep you reading through the night - One of Those Mothers is a page turner in all the right ways. - Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name
"Contemporary woes - children spending too much time online, the ubiquitous and worsening exposure to pornography, terror of the climate crisis, alcohol and substance use and negotiating modern marriage - are entertainingly evoked." - Newsroom
The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasionally they cheat on their taxes. Sometimes they fantasize about having sex with someone other than their partner. And every now and then they do drugs. But that doesn't make them bad people, does it?
When a local father is convicted of the possession and distribution of child pornography, the tight-knit, middle-class community is quick to unravel. He is granted permanent name suppression, and soon friend turns on friend, neighbor delivers up neighbor, and hysteria rapidly engulfs them all. Who among them was capable of such moral trespass?
Bridget, Roz and Lucy have been friends forever. Their lives revolve around their children, their community, each other. With their husbands and kids, they holiday together every year. Every year, until last summer, when everything went so terribly wrong.
They tell you things are never as bad as you fear, but what if they're worse? Worse than you could have ever imagined.
Were they all complicit? Certainly, they were guilty of looking in all the wrong places.
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Publisher
Allen & UnwinYear
2023eBook ISBN
9781761186264Edition
0Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- PRAISE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER ONE: OCTOBER FRIDAY
- CHAPTER TWO: JANUARY NINE MONTHS EARLIER DAY ONE
- CHAPTER THREE: OCTOBER MONDAY
- CHAPTER FOUR: JANUARY DAY ONE
- CHAPTER FIVE: OCTOBER MONDAY
- CHAPTER SIX: JANUARY DAY TWO
- CHAPTER SEVEN: OCTOBER MONDAY
- CHAPTER EIGHT: JANUARY DAY TWO
- CHAPTER NINE: OCTOBER MONDAY
- CHAPTER TEN: JANUARY DAY TWO
- CHAPTER ELEVEN: OCTOBER TUESDAY
- CHAPTER TWELVE: JANUARY DAY TWO
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: OCTOBER TUESDAY
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: JANUARY DAY THREE
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: OCTOBER TUESDAY
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: JANUARY DAY THREE
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: OCTOBER WEDNESDAY
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: JANUARY DAY THREE
- CHAPTER NINETEEN: OCTOBER WEDNESDAY
- CHAPTER TWENTY: JANUARY DAY THREE
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: OCTOBER THURSDAY
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: JANUARY DAY THREE
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: OCTOBER THURSDAY
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: JANUARY DAY FOUR
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: OCTOBER FRIDAY
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: JANUARY DAY FOUR
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: OCTOBER SATURDAY
- CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: JANUARY DAY FIVE
- CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: OCTOBER SATURDAY
- CHAPTER THIRTY: JANUARY DAY FIVE
- CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: OCTOBER SUNDAY
- CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: JANUARY DAY FIVE
- CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: OCTOBER MONDAY
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: JANUARY DAY FIVE
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: OCTOBER MONDAY
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: JANUARY DAY FIVE
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: OCTOBER TUESDAY
- CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: JANUARY DAY SIX
- CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: OCTOBER WEDNESDAY
- CHAPTER FORTY: OCTOBER THURSDAY
- CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: OCTOBER THURSDAY
- CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: NOVEMBER FRIDAY
- CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: NOVEMBER FRIDAY
- CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: NOVEMBER SATURDAY
- CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: NOVEMBER SATURDAY
- CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: NOVEMBER SUNDAY
- CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN: NOVEMBER SUNDAY
- CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: DECEMBER MONDAY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR