The Party

It was supposed to be a celebration. How did it all go so wrong? An explosive family drama perfect for fans of Big Little Lies. ´A tense and riveting story about one night gone horribly wrong, and the fallout within a family and a group of friends´ Megan Miranda, author of All the Missing Girls Sweet sixteen. It´s a coming of age, a milestone, a rite of passage. Of course Jeff and Kim Sanders will throw a party for their daughter, Hannah. She´s a good kid with good grades and nice friends. And it isn´t going to be a big, indulgent affair. Just four girls coming over for pizza and cake, movies and a sleepover. What could possibly go wrong? But things do go wrong, horrifically wrong. After a tragic accident, Jeff and Kim´s flawless life in a wealthy San Francisco suburb begins to unravel. The injured girl´s mother, Lisa, files a lawsuit that turns friends into enemies, reveals dark secrets in the Sanders´ marriage, and exposes the truth about their perfect daughter, Hannah. Lisa´s determination to make the Sanders pay stems from a fierce love for her only child and Lisa´s own dark and damaged past. In The Party, Christos Tsiolkas´s The Slap meets Liane Moriarty´s Big Little Lies, taking us behind the facade of the perfect family, exploring the secrets, betrayals, and moral lapses the neighbors don´t see. The Party uncovers the lies and duplicities that children and parents tell each other. And tell themselves. ´A compulsive page-turner that mines the push-pull between basic impulses and doing the `right thing,´ The Party is a domestic drama that spins off the rails with hellish consequences´ Erica Ferencik, author of The River at Night ´A tense and riveting story about one night gone horribly wrong, and the fallout within a family and a group of friends. Secrets, desires, choice and consequence, The Party reveals that what lies inside a family-and each person-is not always as it seems. I was hooked from the opening scene and could not look away until I reached the very last page´ Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls ´Cleverly constructed and brilliantly paced, The Party is a raw telling of a family coming apart at the seams. Robyn Harding weaves a riveting tale that is impossible to put down´ Bill Clegg, New York Times bestselling author of Did You Ever Have a Family