Título: Apples Never Fall (English Edition)
Autor: Liane Moriarty
Sinopse: #1 New York Times Bestseller From Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times 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 dearlyits 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. Theyre killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, theyve 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 childrenAmy, Logan, Troy, and Brookewere 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 thats okay, now that theyre 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 Joys 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 surebut 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.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Apples Never Fall (English Edition)”, de Liane Moriarty, publicado pela editora Henry Holt and Co., em 2021 e com 474 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Henry Holt and Co.
Páginas: 474
Ano: 2021
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Linguagem: português
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Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Henry Holt and Co. costumam oferecer uma experiência de leitura que combina narrativas envolventes com temas contemporâneos e históricos. O catálogo apresenta obras que transitam entre relatos históricos detalhados, como guerras e eventos políticos, e reflexões pessoais profundas, incluindo memórias marcadas por desafios sociais e emocionais. A linguagem varia entre o acessível e o sofisticado, com textos que exploram desde a tensão de conflitos militares até a intimidade de histórias de superação. O ritmo pode ser tanto acelerado e tenso em narrativas de suspense e mistério, quanto mais reflexivo e didático em obras que abordam ciência, política e questões sociais.
