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Apples Never Fall

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#1 New York Times Bestseller ¿ A Peacock Original TV Series-Now Streaming! ¿ "Gripping."-Oprah.com
¿ From Liane Moriarty, the bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples Never Fall, a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.

The Delaney family love one another dearly-it's just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . .

If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father?

This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings.

The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all of their friends. They're killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they've finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?

The four Delaney children-Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke-were tennis stars in their own right, yet as their father will tell you, none of them had what it took to go all the way. But that's okay, now that they're all successful grown-ups and there is the wonderful possibility of grandchildren on the horizon.

One night a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy's door, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. The Delaneys are more than happy to give her the small kindness she sorely needs. If only that was all she wanted.

Later, when Joy goes missing, and Savannah is nowhere to be found, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent, he, like many spouses, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent, two are not so sure-but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever, all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.

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ISBN9781250831187
PublisherHolt Adult
Publication Date09/14/21
Pages480

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  • holy.bookamoly
    holy.bookamoly

    61 Followers

    5.0

    Sehr spannend und fesselnd. Ich habe von der ersten Seite an mitgerätselt und bin begeistert von der Auflösung. Ich liebe es, wenn nicht alles Schwarz und Weiß ist, sondern eine Geschichte und Charaktere Ecken und Kanten haben - wie hier. Sehr gelungen und empfehlenswert!

    May 19, 2024

  • friedelchen
    friedelchen

    14 Followers

    3.0

    Hat nicht meine Erwartungen erfüllt!

    Nach Tausend kleine Lügen hatte ich an „Eine perfekte Familie“ deutlich höhere Erwartungen. Leider war es ganz anders, als ich es mir vorgestellt hatte und zog sich an einigen Stellen spürbar. Der Schreibstil von Liane Moriarty war wie gewohnt gut, aber die Geschichte konnte mich insgesamt nicht richtig abholen.

    Jun 13, 2026

  • coff_and_books
    coff_and_books

    89 Followers

    4.0

    Unterhaltsame Familiengeschichte mit ein paar Längen.

    Sep 8, 2024

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