Here One Moment : --

Summary: If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate?Aside from a delay, there will be no 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 changed.Because on this ordinary, short, domestic flight, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they are going to die. For some, their death is far in the future—age 103!—and they laugh. But for six passengers, their predicted deaths are not far away at all.How do they know this? There were ostensibly more interesting people on the flight (the bride and groom, the jittery, possibly famous woman, the giant Hemsworth-esque guy who looks like an off-duty superhero, the frazzled, gorgeous flight attendant) but none would become as famous as “The Death Lady.”Not a single passenger or crew member will later recall noticing her board the plane. She wasn’t exceptionally old or young, rude or polite. She wasn’t drunk or nervous or pregnant. Her appearance and demeanor were unremarkable. But what she did on that flight was truly remarkable.A few months later, one passenger dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die, again, as she said they would. Soon no one is thinking this is simply an entertaining story at a cocktail party.If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny?Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel. READING GROUP GOLD: A mysterious woman tells a plane full of passengers when and how they will die. If you knew your future, would you do anything differently? Would you try to fight fate?#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR MAKES HER CROWN DEBUT: Moriarty's last two novels Nine Perfect Strangers and Apples Never Fall were instant New York Times bestsellers.RAVE REVIEWS AND SALES ON THE RISE: Apples Never Fall was up 18% in hardcover and received some of the best reviews of Moriarty's career: "A fresh, juicy tale" (The Washington Post), "another unputdownable book" (E! Online), "slyly irresistible" (Kirkus Reviews), and "Moriarty...at her best" (Booklist). She is at the top of her game.HOLLYWOOD STATUS CONTINUES TO GROW: The HBO adaptation of Big Little Lies was a phenomenon that set the standard for a what a limited series could do, the adaptation of Nine Perfect Strangers set the record for Hulu's most watched original series ever, and Moriarty's most recent book Apple's Never Fall will be released on March 14, 2024 on Peacock, as a limited streaming series, starring Annette Benning and Sam Neill.MORIARTY WILL TOUR THE U.S. AND CANADA AT ON-SALE: Her loyal, devoted fanbase has not had a chance to see her in person for five years, so this will be a real boon for book sales!MORE NOVELS TO COME: Crown is in the Liane Moriarty business. This is the first of three novels.CAPTURING A YOUNGER AUDIENCE: Liane's growing Hollywood presence gives us the unique opportunity to expand ourreach to a younger demographic with this next book, particularly those that came to the TV adaptation of Big Little Lies on HBO.Quotes:“Unputdownable . . . propulsive, philosophically rich saga.”—Oprah Daily“Everything we loved about Moriarty’s Big Little Lies—the pacing, the twists, the taut energy—is here, in a high-flying exploration of free will and destiny.”—Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month Book Club Pick“A riveting story so wild you don’t know how she’ll land it, and then she does, on a dime.”—Anne Lamott, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Funny, frightening, heartbreaking, and life-affirming. I adored Here One Moment.”—Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark“Liane Moriarty is a genuine GENIUS. Here One Moment is off-the-scale brilliant.” —Marian Keyes, international bestselling author of Watermelon and Again, Rachel “The story is a brilliant, charming, and invigorating illustration of its closing quote from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (we’re not going to spill that). A fresh, funny, ambitious, and nuanced take on some of our oldest existential questions.”―Kirkus Review, starred review“. . . meticulously plotted . . . exquisitely rendered characters . . . Moriarty has outdone herself.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewAuthor Bio: Liane Moriarty is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, The Husband’s Secret, and Truly Madly Guilty; the New York Times bestsellers Nine Perfect Strangers, What Alice Forgot, and The Last Anniversary; The Hypnotist’s Love Story; and Three Wishes. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children.Author Residence: Sydney, AustraliaAuthor Hometown: Sydney, Australia