The Family Next Door
A Novel
Sally Hepworth
- America's
- next
- favorite
- Australian
- author!"With
- jaw-dropping
- discoveries
- and
- realistic
- consequences,
- this
- novel
- is
- not
- to
- be
- missed.
- Perfect
- for
- lovers
- of
- Big
- Little
- Lies**."
- —Library
- Journal,
- starred
- review**Small,
- perfect
- towns
- often
- hold
- the
- deepest
- secrets.From
- the
- outside,
- Essie’s
- life
- looks
- idyllic:
- a
- loving
- husband,
- a
- beautiful
- house
- in
- a
- good
- neighborhood,
- and
- a
- nearby
- mother
- who
- dotes
- on
- her
- grandchildren.
- But
- few
- of
- Essie’s
- friends
- know
- her
- secret
- shame:
- that
- in
- a
- moment
- of
- maternal
- despair,
- she
- once
- walked
- away
- from
- her
- newborn,
- asleep
- in
- her
- carriage
- in
- a
- park.
- Disaster
- was
- avoided
- and
- Essie
- got
- better,
- but
- she
- still
- fears
- what
- lurks
- inside
- her,
- even
- as
- her
- daughter
- gets
- older
- and
- she
- has
- a
- second
- baby.When
- a
- new
- woman
- named
- Isabelle
- moves
- in
- next
- door
- to
- Essie,
- she
- is
- an
- immediate
- object
- of
- curiosity
- in
- the
- neighborhood.
- Why
- single,
- when
- everyone
- else
- is
- married
- with
- children?
- Why
- renting,
- when
- everyone
- else
- owns?
- What
- mysterious
- job
- does
- she
- have?
- And
- why
- is
- she
- so
- fascinated
- with
- Essie?
- As
- the
- two
- women
- grow
- closer
- and
- Essie’s
- friends
- voice
- their
- disapproval,
- it
- starts
- to
- become
- clear
- that
- Isabelle’s
- choice
- of
- neighborhood
- was
- no
- accident.
- And
- that
- her
- presence
- threatens
- to
- bring
- shocking
- secrets
- to
- light.The
- Family
- Next
- Door
- is
- Sally
- Hepworth
- at
- her
- very
- best:
- at
- once
- a
- deeply
- moving
- portrait
- of
- family
- drama
- and
- a
- compelling
- suburban
- mystery
- that
- will
- keep
- you
- hooked
- until
- the
- very
- last page.
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