Suzanne Bugler Knihy

Laura Hamley is the woman who has everything: a loving and successful husband, two children, an expensive home and a set of fortunate friends. But Laura's perfect world is suddenly threatened when she receives an unwelcome phone call from Mrs Partridge, mother of Heddy - the girl Laura and her friends bullied mercilessly at school.

The gripping new psychological drama from the author of Richard and Judy Book Club selection This Perfect World As a teenager, Rachel lived through the death of a friend, and discovered that even the most enchanted of lives can be easily shattered. When tragedy strikes her own life as an adult, and she loses her unborn child, Rachel ought to turn to her husband for support. But in trying to protect one another, she and Andrew end up further apart than ever and Rachel finds herself resentful and lonely. Haunted by the past, she contacts the brother of her old friend and the two of them are drawn into a dangerous and destructive affair. But betrayal comes at a high price, and having lost one child, how can she bear to face losing another? Praise for This Perfect World: 'A dark but deftly written novel about modern family life' Marie Claire 'This novel had me so engrossed I read it in three days' Essentials 'Dark and unsettling, but compulsive' Choice

Meteen vanaf de eerste dag voelt de keurige en burgerlijke Kate zich aangetrokken tot Sara, het nieuwe meisje op Kates school. Niemand begrijpt goed wat zij in haar ziet: Sara is humeurig en nors en draagt altijd oude, afgetrapte gympies. Kates vrienden vertrouwen Sara niet en vinden dat Kate om problemen vraagt. Maar Kate wil er niets over horen. Ze brengt elke vrije minuut van de dag door met Sara en haar broer Glenn. Hun huis is een rommeltje en elk ouderlijk toezicht ontbreekt; de ouders van Glenn en Sara liggen in scheiding en zijn nauwelijks thuis. Kate denkt in Sara de ideale vriendin te hebben gevonden, maar Sara is gemeen en manipulatief. Voor Kate het weet, is er geen weg meer terug.