Science has long known that the world we perceive around us is not the world as it really is – rather, it is an interpretation, a best guess made by our brain, compiled from the constant stream of information flooding in from our senses. When Joy reminisces in an early scene about how they got together, she realises it might never have happened if not for the sport: ‘They played their first match… She lost 6-4, 6-4, and then went right ahead and lost her virginity.’ And now, it seems, they are not set to enjoy an ordinary retirement either, with a mysterious knock at the door late one night revealing a bleeding and bedraggled stranger standing on their doorstep asking for help.Īt its heart, this is a book about perspectives. Joy and Stan united in their youth over a shared love of tennis, and they have spent the majority of their lives running a coaching school and local club. The Delanys, it turns out, are no ordinary suburban family. We witness a seemingly abandoned bike being stolen by a skinny stranger in football shorts, then segue to the four adult children of the Delany family discussing the disappearance of their mother, Joy, over coffee and apple crumble in a Tuscan-style café. The new novel from the author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers delivers a family mystery told from multiple perspectives.Īpples Never Fall, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Liane Moriarty, opens with a mystery.
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