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Fates and Furies

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Every story has two sides.
Every relationship has two perspectives.
And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets.

At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but more complicated than it seems from the outside.

As the years pass, stunning revelations threaten to destroy everything they've built together; but the strongest marriages are those that survive the greatest blows. Some secrets are better left in the dark. Others must be torn into the open, no matter how dangerous they are.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
BARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR
A FINALIST FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
AMAZON.COM's 2015 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

'A really powerful novel' BARACK OBAMA
'Enough betrayal, vengeance and sex to read like one of the Greek tragedies' OBSERVER
'Rich, lyrical and rewarding.' PAULA HAWKINS, author of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, Guardian Books of the Year

© Lauren Groff 2015 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

Enough betrayal, vengeance and sex to read like one of the Greek tragedies
Observer
Rich, lyrical and rewarding.
Guardian (Books of the Year)
A lyrical and, at times, astonishingly beautiful account of how little it is possible to know about those closest to us.
Financial Times
Addictive to read ... Groff has drawn a woman so complex it seems that with every chapter a new layer is revealed, each as deliciously intriguing as the next … The result is a compelling portrait of an unconventional marriage across two decades.
Stylist
[A] stunning achievement. The plotting is elegant, intricate and assured . . . it will give you much to savour.
Independent
Absorbing and beautifully written, this is a riveting study of love, power and creativity.
Sunday Express
A truly special novel ... if you haven't read her before, I'm delighted to take the credit for introducing you to one of your new favourite authors.
The Pool
A searing exploration of how far a person will go for love, loyalty and revenge.
Time
Rare and impressive… Groff has created a novel of extraordinary and genuine complexity…The word “ambitious” is often used as code for “overly ambitious”, a signal that an author’s execution has fallen short. No such hidden message here. Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout.
New York Times
A book to submit to and be knocked out by.
Meg Wolitzer
Author Lauren Groff
Narrator Will Damron, Julia Whelan
Duration 14 hours
Release Date
ISBN 9781473595989
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Contemporary romance, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Availability AU, GB, IE

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