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The Last Anniversary

By: Liane Moriarty
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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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 70 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 'Munro Baby Mystery' still hasn't been solved and tourists can visit the abandoned home, exactly as it was found in 1932.

But now Connie has passed away and the island residents ponder her legacy. Sophie Honeywell is looking down the barrel of her 40th birthday and still hoping for that fairytale ending. Her beautiful new friend Grace, the Munro Baby's grand daughter, can't tell anyone what she hopes for. It would be too shocking.

Meanwhile, a frumpy housewife makes a pact with a stranger, an old lady starts making her own decisions and a family secret finally explodes on an extraordinary night of mulled wine, fire-eating, and face-painting - The Last Anniversary.

©2005 Liane Moriarty 2005 (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Family Life Mystery Women's Fiction Fiction Island Suspense Witty Stranger

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"A stunner... Moriarty's prose turns from funny through poignant to frightening in an artful snap." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Great narrator - great writer

This is my fourth novel by Liane Moriarty - she does not disappoint.
Her characters are believable and her plots absorbing.

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Could have been written in many less words!

Over all not bad - I continue to return to lianes books after Secrets and Lies but yet to find one that comes close - this one too many generations to follow and I feel
It could have been written as a shorter novel getting to what really happened quicker - last 2 hours a page turner but up till then slow and cumbersome always trying to understand who I was following - sooo many siblings, parents, aunts etc

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Beautiful story

And great to hear Caroline Lee is putting more character into each person to make it easier to understand changes in who's speaking.

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Modern day Maeve Binchy?

I suppose, depending on your perspective, this may not be a compliment although in my case it is. There are many excellent female writers but few concentrate so well on families, their odd and discordant personality types and their obsessions/fears as well as Liane Moriarty. Maybe I could have rated it higher but the genre prevents me from doing so (well read classics being at best 5s). Here there was a clever blending or humour and deadly serious all told with suitable tongue in cheek without any hint of reticence. Hugely enjoyable even when the twists become almost too much for anything but farce. I shall certainly read more of her work. I am moving now to Ben Elton - who surprisingly I have never read - and do hope, as a male equivalent, he can hold up to this comic standard. After all he is a veteran of this genre - one of the few men who major in comic writing and scrips.

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Another great read by Liane Moriarty!

I highly recommend this book and I thoroughly enjoyed it! The characters were interesting and believable and I couldn’t wait to hear more about them.
Liane Moriarty is my favourite author and each book is as good as the previous one I read! Thank you for your books.

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A light as air breezy read that takes you along for a ride that you don't want to end. The female characters dominate and as the story unfolds the reader falls in love with each of them for different reasons. A slight change of pace for Liane and most enjoyable.

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very enjoyable. i loved the twists and turns

i loved it. full of twists and turns and i loved how the characters changed though out the book. The emotions people go though in this book was very real.

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Sweet, funny story

Sweet tender characters. Dealt with some difficult topics sensitively. Fantastic narration. Some great laugh out loud moments.

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My favourite Liane Moriarty book

I’ve read everything by Liane Moriarty (my favourite author) and this is my favourite story

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The last anniversary

Loved this book wonderful story witty beautifully described with the characters that just came to life!

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