This “thrilling and emotional depiction of family drama, friendship, and trust will have you on the edge of your seat” (CNN) as it explores the complexity of motherhood from the bestselling author of the inspiration behind the hit Netflix series Anatomy of a Scandal.
You think you know her…but look a little closer.
She is a stay-at-home mother-of-three with boundless reserves of patience, energy, and love. After being friends for a decade, this is how Liz sees Jess.
Then one moment changes everything.
Dark thoughts and carefully guarded secrets surface—and Liz is left questioning everything she thought she knew about her friend, and about herself. The truth can’t come soon enough.
Evocative and haunting, Little Disasters is “an important book as well as a brilliant read” (Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author).
Genre: Mystery
You think you know her…but look a little closer.
She is a stay-at-home mother-of-three with boundless reserves of patience, energy, and love. After being friends for a decade, this is how Liz sees Jess.
Then one moment changes everything.
Dark thoughts and carefully guarded secrets surface—and Liz is left questioning everything she thought she knew about her friend, and about herself. The truth can’t come soon enough.
Evocative and haunting, Little Disasters is “an important book as well as a brilliant read” (Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author).
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Vaughan explores the darker impulses of motherhood - the fear, fury and despair; the frantic juggling, loss of control and exhaustion - and of course the overwhelming love. Refreshingly assured and punchy writing that is sure to hit a nerve." - Lucy Atkins
"Sarah Vaughan turns her pin-sharp attentions to the blame game that is early parenthood, raising the stakes to truly fearful levels. This tense, absorbing read will have parents – in fact, all readers – turning the pages deep into the night." - Louise Candlish
"A brilliant storyteller, Vaughan serves up every mother’s nightmare with consummate skill and a big heart. Clever. Totally compelling. Impossible to put down." - Eve Chase
"Absolutely brilliant; an emotionally devastating story, brave and honest." - Emma Curtis
"Compelling, beautifully written, so perceptive and emotionally devastating." - Lucy Foley
"Each character is brilliantly drawn, and the book delivers surprise after surprise." - Claire Fuller
"A true psychological thriller shows us, as all the best ones do, that the scariest place is not the dark alleyway but inside the pathways of our own minds. Compelling…and important." - Araminta Hall
"I loved it and didn’t want to put it down. So, so good on motherhood and friendship." - Laura Marshall
"An immaculately researched and compelling story about the devastating fall out from one mistake." - Jane Shemilt
"Sarah’s writing is so impressive and skilful – the book is gripping, meticulous, and touches the raw nerves of parenthood." - Terry Stiastny
"Sarah Vaughan turns her pin-sharp attentions to the blame game that is early parenthood, raising the stakes to truly fearful levels. This tense, absorbing read will have parents – in fact, all readers – turning the pages deep into the night." - Louise Candlish
"A brilliant storyteller, Vaughan serves up every mother’s nightmare with consummate skill and a big heart. Clever. Totally compelling. Impossible to put down." - Eve Chase
"Absolutely brilliant; an emotionally devastating story, brave and honest." - Emma Curtis
"Compelling, beautifully written, so perceptive and emotionally devastating." - Lucy Foley
"Each character is brilliantly drawn, and the book delivers surprise after surprise." - Claire Fuller
"A true psychological thriller shows us, as all the best ones do, that the scariest place is not the dark alleyway but inside the pathways of our own minds. Compelling…and important." - Araminta Hall
"I loved it and didn’t want to put it down. So, so good on motherhood and friendship." - Laura Marshall
"An immaculately researched and compelling story about the devastating fall out from one mistake." - Jane Shemilt
"Sarah’s writing is so impressive and skilful – the book is gripping, meticulous, and touches the raw nerves of parenthood." - Terry Stiastny
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