If you knew your future\, would you try to fight fate? If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left t o live\, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your dest iny? \; Moriarty&rsquo\;s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny\, grief and love\, and the endle ss struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. \;
\nIn \;Here One Moment\, aside from a delay\, there will be n o problems. The flight will be smooth\, it will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever cha nged. Because on this ordinary\, short\, domestic flight\, something extra ordinary happens. People learn how and when they are going to die. For som e\, their death is far in the future&mdash\;age 103!&mdash\;and they laugh . But for six passengers\, their predicted deaths are not far away at all.
\nHow do they know this? There were ostensibly more interesting peo ple on the flight but none would become as famous as &ldquo\;The Death Lad y.&rdquo\; Not a single passenger or crew member will later recall noticin g her board the plane. She wasn&rsquo\;t exceptionally old or young\, rude or polite. She wasn&rsquo\;t drunk or nervous or pregnant. Her appearance and demeanor were unremarkable. But what she did on that flight was truly remarkable. \;
\nA few months later\, one passenger dies exactl y as she predicted. Then two more passengers die\, again\, as she said the y would. Soon no one is thinking this is simply an entertaining story at a cocktail party.
\nA modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers s ocial mores while spinning a web of mystery\, Moriarty asks profound quest ions in her newest I-can&rsquo\;t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel. Be sure to register now!
\nClick here for a list of Liane Moriarity books \;at the Oakville Public Library. (link to list in bibliocommons)
\nAbout the Author
\nLiane Moriarty is the #1 \;New York Times \;bestselling author of& nbsp\;Truly Madly Guilty\, \;Big Little Lies\, \;The Husband&rsquo \;s Secret\, \;The Hypnotist&rsquo\;s Love Story\, \;What Alice Fo rgot\, \;Apples Never Fall\, and \;Here One Moment. She lives in S ydney\, Australia\, with her husband and two children.
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