The Party - Softcover

Harding, Robyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471168638 ISBN 13: 9781471168635

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2017

Synopsis

It was supposed to be a celebration. How did it all go so wrong? An explosive family drama perfect for fans of Big Little Lies.
'A tense and riveting story about one night gone horribly wrong, and the fallout within a family and a group of friends' Megan Miranda, author of All the Missing Girls

Sweet sixteen. It's a coming of age, a milestone, a rite of passage. Of course Jeff and Kim Sanders will throw a party for their daughter, Hannah. She's a good kid with good grades and nice friends. And it isn't going to be a big, indulgent affair. Just four girls coming over for pizza and cake, movies and a sleepover. What could possibly go wrong?

But things do go wrong, horrifically wrong. After a tragic accident, Jeff and Kim's flawless life in a wealthy San Francisco suburb begins to unravel. The injured girl's mother, Lisa, files a lawsuit that turns friends into enemies, reveals dark secrets in the Sanders' marriage, and exposes the truth about their perfect daughter, Hannah. Lisa's determination to make the Sanders pay stems from a fierce love for her only child and Lisa's own dark and damaged past.

In The Party, Christos Tsiolkas's The Slap meets Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies, taking us behind the façade of the perfect family, exploring the secrets, betrayals, and moral lapses the neighbors don't see.

The Party uncovers the lies and duplicities that children and parents tell each other. And tell themselves.

'A compulsive page-turner that mines the push-pull between basic impulses and doing the ‘right thing,’ The Party is a domestic drama that spins off the rails with hellish consequences' Erica Ferencik, author of The River at Night

'A tense and riveting story about one night gone horribly wrong, and the fallout within a family and a group of friends. Secrets, desires, choice and consequence, The Party reveals that what lies inside a family—and each person—is not always as it seems. I was hooked from the opening scene and could not look away until I reached the very last page' Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls

'Cleverly constructed and brilliantly paced, The Party is a raw telling of a family coming apart at the seams. Robyn Harding weaves a riveting tale that is impossible to put down' Bill Clegg, New York Times bestselling author of Did You Ever Have a Family

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Review

"Suspenseful and provocative, The Party is a story that will keep you reading and keep you thinking long after you've turned the last page. This is one party invitation you don't want to turn down."--Barbara Taylor Sissel, bestselling author of CROOKED LITTLE LIES

"Cleverly constructed and brilliantly paced, The Party is a raw telling of a family coming apart at the seams. Robyn Harding weaves a riveting tale that is impossible to put down."--Bill Clegg, New York Times bestselling author of Did You Ever Have a Family

"A tense and riveting story about one night gone horribly wrong, and the fallout within a family and a group of friends. Secrets, desires, choice and consequence, The Party reveals that what lies inside a family--and each person--is not always as it seems. I was hooked from the opening scene and could not look away until I reached the very last page."--Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls

Everyone is flawed in this contemporary tale of mothers and daughters. Everyone behaves badly. And the story is a pure delight.--Lucy Ferriss, author of A Sister to Honor

"Fast-paced and tension-filled, The Party explodes the myth of the perfect family and is one invitation you can't turn down."--Rebecca Drake, author of Only Ever You

"Robyn Harding spins a masterful tale of the disintegration of a seemingly perfect family in the aftermath of a disastrous sweet sixteen party. Engrossing and unflinching in its portrayal of the dark side of human nature, The Party takes the concept of 'mean girls' to a whole new level."

--A. J. Banner, #1 bestselling author of The Good Neighbor and The Twilight Wife

"In this blistering fast read, self-obsessed soccer moms battle it out with their nasty teenagers who refuse to grow up. Why should they? Their parents never did...

A compulsive page-turner that mines the push-pull between basic impulses and doing the "right thing," The Party is a domestic drama that spins off the rails with hellish consequences. Consider yourself warned."--Erica Ferencik, author of The River at Night

About the Author

Robyn Harding’s novels include The Party, Her Pretty Face, and The Arrangement, and she has written and executive produced an independent film. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1471168638
• ISBN 13: 9781471168635
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352