Brooke gets a call from Amy. Brooke tells them they also had some family drama that day as well. She drops a bombshell that Joy is the reason that Harry left their tennis school. Now, she feels bad that she hated Harry so she didnt do anything when his niece ended up getting sick. He turns away and walks out. Still, she defends choosing their children over him and says that she knows she was good enough to have played tennis as a career. Logan recognizes it as the exact same story that Savannah had told him about her boyfriend, with parts that were copied word-for-word. . When they get to Savannahs apartment, they find themselves in a hip harbourside neighborhood, not a random place in the boondocks like Troy had imagined. Troy says that Harry had cheated, but his father denies seeing it happened. Instead, hed been apologizing for forgetting her birthday that day theyd all shown up at his place. And that is exactly what Joy and Stan did. As they converse with Savannah, Troy tells her that hes a trader (of financial instruments, commodities, etc.) Flashback to Last October. Earlier this year, I ranked her best books and it was a lot of fun to take a look back at some of her previous novels. I think Moriarty's strengths are being able to juggle a large cast of characters and give them all their part in the story, showing . He has always known he was like his father, and he thinks about how his pain and hurt, ballooned within his chest as he turned on his wife. The four Delaney childrenAmy, Logan, Troy, and Brookewere tennis stars in their own right, yet as their father will tell you, none of them had what it took to go all the way. So, she came back to exact her revenge. He says that they were sleeping in separate rooms at that point. Ines tells Brooke how glad she is that Brookes no longer with Grant. (Joy tells them it was also so he could focus on coaching their kids, but later she admits to herself that it was more for herself and because she was angry at Stan for walking out on her all the time). In late January, the worldwide pandemic has just begun, with people social distancing and on lockdown. As her kids try to find out what happened, they end up confronting their own issues and in their relationships with each other. Savannah then says that Logan threw his racquet at her (it was the day he first lost against Troy and he lost his temper and tossed his racquet). The Delaney family love one another dearlyit's just that sometimes they want to murder each other . If they report their mother's disappearance . Logan has been with his girlfriend Indira Mallick five years now, Brooke (who runs a physiotherapy practice called Delaneys Physiotherapy) is married to her husband Grant Willis, and the other two of her kids are single. Her mood only worsens as she realizes shes been having weird symptoms lately and that its likely a UTI from her and Stan having more sex lately. Amy is in her room at the apartment she shares with her flatmates. As they chat, they establish that Savannah also lied about having recently moved from the Gold Coast and about having grown up in foster care. As she chats with her seatmate, Savannah tells him that her mother plays tennis. Joy asks about Indira, and Logan doesnt mention anything about the breakup. Amy tells them that she thinks her mother is probably fine, but Christina counters by telling her about her father getting an expensive car detailing the day after her mother disappeared. They talk about Savannah, and Joy talks about what a great help Savannah has been. In it, Harry admits to cheating at tennis as a kid. Joy tells herself the Delaneys will just be one short chapter in the book. Flashback to Last October. . Joys mother had died over 20 years ago, and her grief over it had been so complicated and strange since Joys mother hadnt been a particularly good mother. In present day, Christina explains to her boss that the family thinks that Joy has walked off as payback for all the times that Stan stalked off for days and was unreachable. Looking at the art on the walls, hes reminded of how Indira had suggested they move into a larger place at one point so she could have a studio to paint. Stan then adds that with the right medical advice things might have been different, which causes Joy to get irritated since Stan had seen it as her responsibility to deal with the childrens medical care and fix Brooke. No one in the family can really tell you what Troy does, but based on his fancy car and expensive apartment, he seems to do it very well, even if he blew up his perfect marriage. . His child, Savanna, disappeared, alongside Todd's ex-wife, Dorothy Lee Barnett, in April 1994 during a weekend visitation with her mother, leaving few clues to her whereabouts. As Savannah peppers Joy and Stan with questions about their marriage, Joy thinks about the shameful, angry moments. . Later, when Joy goes missing, and Savannah is nowhere to be found, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. She says it was a gift from a friend to represent doors opening. Four siblings gather in a cafe to discuss their missing mother. They finally check on Savannah, who starts crying. Her mother loved her collection of bitter resentments more than her. 2021 AudioFile Best Audiobooks<br /> 2021 Washington Post Best Books of the Year<br /> <br /> From Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples Never Fall, an audiobook that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.<br /> <br /> The Delaney family love one another dearlyit . As for Troy, he had the desire to win, but Stan says Troy was a show pony. He also says that she was never going to make it into the top ten, otherwise he wouldnt have let her stop playing tennis. #1 New York Times BestsellerFrom Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples Never Fall, a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.The Delaney family love one another dearlyit's just that sometimes they want to murder each other . Savannah comments that hes a risk-taker. "Apples Never Fall" is essentially two novels rolled into one a wifty tale of domestic suspense, and a satisfying, layered family drama where the tension comes from the treachery of memory,. Apples Never Fall TV Mini Series POPULARITY 3,635 813 The Delaneys, who from the outside appear to be an enviably contented family. It also indicates that Savannah will continue lying to people and pretending to be someone shes not, etc.). They tell Troy and Logan accompany her to her old apartment to pick up her stuff, where they have a brief but non-violent run-in with her ex-boyfriend, Dave. In present day, Christina and Ethan finally think they have a motive for Joys possible murder. . From Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples Never Fall, a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest. She tells them that she is Harry Haddads sister, who they only met once as a kid. Joy also thinks about how her children each fervently believed in separate versions of their childhoods that often didnt match up with Joys memories, or each others. She was made brownies on Fathers Day to get back at Amy on purpose. She loved her . Hed met with Claire who had presented him with a difficult ethical dilemma that he was now trying not to think about. . Stan had started to feel sick and so they left even though theyd paid $6K each for the tickets. He then says that Savannah was staying with him (who claimed that her name was Savannah Delaney) a few weeks ago, but he hasnt seen her since Valentines Day. Meanwhile, at her clinic, shed been dealing with cancellations and no-shows. Amy reports that Savannah has been there a week now, and theyre letting her stay there until she finds her feet'. Savannah, like her mother, definitely has more than a few screws loose. They refer to Joy as a poor missing grandma on the news, and Sulin cries thinking of how Joy will never become a grandma if that really is her body. As they talk, Logan tells her hes considering moving into a bigger house so she could have a studio to paint in (if they got back together). In present day, Christina and Ethan watch the CCTV video that Jacob had brought to them. After fixing up Savanahs injury, they agree to let her stay for the night. APPLES NEVER FALL by Liane Moriarty RELEASE DATE: Sept. 14, 2021 Australian novelist Moriarty combines domestic realism and noirish mystery in this story about the events surrounding a 69-year-old Sydney woman's disappearance. Stan refuses to get a cell phone and doesn't tell anyone where he goes. But unfortunately, Joy disappears, and her children are forced to re-examine their parents' marriage and their family history with . Brooke is on her way to work, still reeling from the brutal migraine shed had that weekend. As the book jumps back and forth in time, it's revealed that last September, a young woman named Savannah Pagonisshowed up at Stan and Joy's door, saying that she ended up here randomly since she didn't know where to go after getting into a fight with her boyfriend who hit her. Christina is recently engaged to her fiance, Nico, and her mind wanders to her bridesmaid dress fitting thats planned for later that day. It turns out that Joy suggested to Harry's dad (Elias) that Harry leave because she didn't want Stan to be traveling internationally all the time and leaving her along to raise the kids and run their business. Amy then thinks about how Brooke started her own practice not too long ago, and she doesnt understand why Brooke would do that. She needed some time apart before returning to work on their marriage. The Delaney family love one another dearly it's just that sometimes they . Dave says she probably didnt feel comfortable doing it around him, especially when she was starting off which is why she wanted her own studio. Joy find it odd that a foster parent would send her to do ballet. They also say that theyre still unable to track down Savannah. However, when Indira starts to psychoanalyze him, Logan starts feels irritated. Her current therapist, Roger, calls him self a counsellor and says he thinks labels are a distraction. Apples Never Fall(2021), by veteran Australian novelist Liane Moriarty, begins as a mystery thriller: Joy Delaney, a 60-something mother and retired tenniscoach, suddenly vanishes on Valentine's Day, and all signs point to her moody and volatile husband, Stan, himself a former world-renowned tennis coach, as the most likely killer. He use it as a tactic to rattle and enrage his opponents. Finally, Dave tells him that what triggered Savannah finally walking out (saying she was going back there) was something totally random a TV segment about a tennis player named Harry Haddad. (Around this time, Logan figures out that he really loves Indira, who has supported him through this ordeal, and, he knows he needed to truly commit to their relationship. You might call it a mystery story about what happened to Joy Delaney. Joy thinks unhappily about how she suspected that Amy liked to lose points or games on purpose initially because she liked being the underdog. He says Logan had a great forehand and stamina, but that Logan never truly committed to the sport. She goes into the kitchen where Troy and Stan are chatting and shows them what she found. While they were together, Savannah did admit that she was the one to call in the sexual harassment complaint against Logan. Debbie wonders if anything ever happed between Dennis and Joy, since both Dennis and Debbie had had flings early on in their marriage. Someone drove him back. To Ethan, she notes now the missing person, Joy, took no clothes with her and there was no activity on her bank account. After that, the siblings stay away from their parents' house for a while.