âWriting with rawness and realism, Pekkanen doesnât hold backâŚFans of Liane Moriarty and Anne Tyler will appreciate the storyâs depth.â âBooklist
âIn her signature conversational style, Pekkanen uncovers the truth behind the lies as Josie comes to grips with reality vs. the mirage of her marriage.â âLibrary Journal (starred review)
In this intricate and enthralling domestic drama, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Affair, the internationally bestselling author of the âgossipy page-turnerâ (Glamour) The Perfect Neighbors goes deep into a marriage in crisis, peeling back layers of secrets to discover where the relationship veered off courseâand whether it is worth saving.
Josie and Frank Moore are happyâŚat least Josie thinks they are. As parents of two young girls in the Chicago suburbs, their days can be both busy and monotonous, and sometimes Josie wonders how she became a harried fortysomething mother rather than the driven career woman she once was. But Frank is a phenomenal father, heâs handsome and charismatic, and he still looks at his wife like sheâs the beautiful woman he married more than a decade ago. Josie isnât just happyâsheâs lucky.
Until one Saturday morning when Josie borrows her husbandâs phone to make a quick callâand sees nine words that shatter her world.
Now Josie feels as if she is standing at the edge of a sharp precipice. As she looks back at pivotal moments in the relationship she believed would last forever, she is also plunging ahead, surprising everyone (especially herself) with how far she will go to uncover the extent of her husbandâs devastating secret.
With her âconversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her charactersâ (The Washington Post) bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen paints a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a marriage before and during a crisisâand of a woman who fears that the biggest secret of all may be the one sheâs hiding from herself.