<P> Big Little Lies is a 2014 novel written by Liane Moriarty . It was published in July 2014 by Penguin Publishing . The novel made the New York Times Best Seller list . </P> <P> Jane, a single mother, is on her way to Pirriwee Public School, where her son Ziggy is starting kindergarten . On the way, she meets Madeline, another mother with a daughter of the same age . Madeline's friend Celeste is also sending her twin sons, Max and Josh, to school . The two strike up a friendship with Jane . All three of them have their own problems: Madeline is resentful that her daughter from her previous marriage is growing close to her ex-husband's new wife, Bonnie; Celeste is physically abused by her rich banker husband, Perry; and Jane was raped and left to raise her son Ziggy on her own . To make matters worse for her, Ziggy is accused of bullying a classmate on his first day of school . </P> <P> As months pass, the three become close and Jane shares her experience with the other women . With the information Jane gives, Celeste and Madeline realize that the father is Perry's cousin, Saxon Banks, but decide to keep it from Jane for the time being . Meanwhile, Celeste's marriage becomes even more violent and she starts meeting a counselor and rents an apartment for herself, without Perry's knowledge . Ziggy is once again accused of bullying his classmate, though he denies it . </P> <P> On the night of Pirriwee Public's Trivia Night, Josh tells Celeste that it is Max, not Ziggy, who is bullying the other children . She realizes that Max is mimicking Perry and finally decides to leave him . Perry finds out about the new house, and despite being shaken, the couple still goes to the Trivia Night . </P>

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