The couple argues in the car before going into the trivia night. Perry tells Celeste he knows she rented an apartment and plans to leave him. Jane goes to trivia night with this surprising information.Īs Celeste gets ready for trivia night, her other son, Josh, tells Celeste the same thing: Max is the bully. Jane asks Ziggy if he knows who is bullying Amabella, and he reveals that Max-one of Celeste’s twin boys-is the bully. After taking Ziggy to a child psychologist, and continuing to see Ziggy’s kind demeanor, Jane becomes confident that isn’t the case. At first, Jane worries that Ziggy really is the bully, as his father was a violent man. Celeste rents an apartment in a nearby area but waits to move in.Įveryone becomes increasingly agitated that the school bully remains at large. She visits a therapist who helps her make plans to leave. Celeste contemplates leaving her husband but is afraid of the consequences. A student continues to bully Amabella, but the parents don’t know who is responsible. Madeline takes Jane’s side, angry that parents are making a boy feel singled out at school when there’s no proof he did anything. They gossip about Jane and start a petition to suspend Ziggy.
Renata and her friends become critical of Jane and her son. Ziggy denies bullying Amabella, and there is no evidence that he did, but it nevertheless causes a rift at the school. Amabella, the daughter of the high-strung Renata, however, accuses Ziggy of hurting her. On school orientation day, all begins cheerful and happy as the children get out of class. Celeste has twin boys, Josh and Max, who will be in the same kindergarten class as Madeline and Jane’s children. Madeline introduces Jane to her good friend, Celeste, a beautiful woman married to a wealthy banker, Perry. Jane never saw the man again and grapples with the traumatic memory.
Jane tells Madeline a dark secret: Jane’s son Ziggy was conceived after a man named Saxon Banks assaulted her. Nathan is remarried to a woman named Bonnie now, and the two live in the area, which irritates Madeline. Madeline’s first husband, Nathan, walked out on her and their daughter, Abigail, years ago. Madeline relates to Jane’s situation as a single mom. The woman driving behind Madeline-a young single mom named Jane-pulls over and checks on Madeline. Madeline, an assertive, middle-aged suburban mom, sprains her ankle while taking her daughter to school. The plot of Big Little Lies tells what happened in the six months leading up to the trivia night. Testimonials from various members of the community appear throughout the chapters, revealing that a member of the community was murdered that night.
The details of the incident remain unclear. The first chapter foreshadows a school trivia night gone awry.
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