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From the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies. Three sisters, one birthday, one little problem .It happens sometimes that you accidentally star in a little public performance, your very own comedy, tragedy or melodrama. The three Kettle sisters have been accidentally starring in public performances all their lives, affecting their audiences in more ways than they'll ever know. This time, however, they give a particularly spectacular show when a raucous, champagne-soaked birthday dinner ends in a violent argument and an emergency dash to the hospital. So who started it this time? Was it Cat: full of angry, hurt passion dating back to the 'Night of the Spaghetti'? Was it Lynn: serenely successful, at least on the outside? Or was it Gemma: quirky, dreamy and unable to keep a secret, except for the most important one of all? Whoever the culprit, their lives will have all changed dramatically before the next inevitable clash of shared genes and shared childhoods. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult and Paula Hawkins will love Liane Moriarty.

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'I adored Three Wishes ... fresh, very, very funny ... also intelligent and unsentimental about family dynamics.' -- Marian Keyes, international bestselling author --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

About the Author

The eldest of six children, Liane Moriarty is an advertising copywriter turned author. She lives in Sydney with her husband and son.

Caroline Lee is a gifted actor and narrator who has worked extensively in theatre, film and television. Caroline has narrated a number of bestselling titles, including Apples Never Fall, Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty, and The Shifting Fog and The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. On stage, she has performed for various theatre companies including the Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Malthouse and Red Stitch, and recently appeared in The Newsreader on the ABC. She has received three Green Room Awards for Best Actress, and four AudioFile Earphones Awards, including Best Audiobook of the Year 2016 for Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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A stunning repackaging of Liane's first novel, the author of the New York Times no. 1 bestsellers The Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Liane Moriarty is the author of seven bestselling novels, Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, The Hypnotist's Love Story, The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty. Her books have been read by more than ten million people worldwide, including one million in Australia. The Husband's Secret was a number one New York Times bestseller. It has been translated into more than thirty-five languages and film rights have been acquired by CBS Films. Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list in their first week of publication - the first time this has been achieved by an Australian author. They were also number one bestsellers in Australia and Big Little Lies has been adapted into an Emmy award winning HBO series, starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon, who have both also optioned the film rights to Truly Madly Guilty. Liane Moriarty is also the author of the Nicola Berry series for children. Liane lives in Sydney with her husband, son and daughter. You can find out more about Liane's books at her website www.lianemoriarty.com --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Three sisters, one birthday, one little problem ... --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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'I adored Three Wishes ... fresh, very, very funny ... also intelligent and unsentimental about family dynamics.' (Marian Keyes) --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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A New York Times bestseller, Three Wishes is the funny, heartwarming and completely charming first novel from Liane Moriarty, also the author of #1 New York Times bestsellers The Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies.

Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle, beautiful thirty-three-year-old triplets, seem to attract attention everywhere they go. Together, laughter, drama, and mayhem seem to follow them. But apart, each is dealing with her own share of ups and downs. Lyn has organized her life into one big checklist, Cat has just learned a startling secret about her marriage, and Gemma, who bolts every time a relationship hits the six-month mark, holds out hope for lasting love. In this wise, witty, and hilarious novel, we follow the Kettle sisters through their tumultuous thirty-third year as they deal with sibling rivalry and secrets, revelations and relationships, unfaithful husbands and unthinkable decisions, and the fabulous, frustrating life of forever being part of a trio.

--Marian Keyes, bestselling author of Under the Duvet --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Liane Moriarty is the author of seven bestselling novels, Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, The Hypnotist's Love Story, The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty. Her books have been read by more than ten million people worldwide, including one million in Australia. The Husband's Secret was a number one New York Times bestseller. It has been translated into more than thirty-five languages and film rights have been acquired by CBS Films. Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list in their first week of publication - the first time this has been achieved by an Australian author. They were also number one bestsellers in Australia and Big Little Lies has been adapted into an Emmy award winning HBO series, starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon, who have both also optioned the film rights to Truly Madly Guilty. Liane Moriarty is also the author of the Nicola Berry series for children. Liane lives in Sydney with her husband, son and daughter. You can find out more about Liane's books at her website www.lianemoriarty.com --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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A New York Times bestseller, Three Wishes is the funny, heartwarming and completely charming first novel from Liane Moriarty, also the author of #1 New York Times bestsellers The Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies.

Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle, beautiful thirty-three-year-old triplets, seem to attract attention everywhere they go. Together, laughter, drama, and mayhem seem to follow them. But apart, each is dealing with her own share of ups and downs. Lyn has organized her life into one big checklist, Cat has just learned a startling secret about her marriage, and Gemma, who bolts every time a relationship hits the six-month mark, holds out hope for lasting love. In this wise, witty, and hilarious novel, we follow the Kettle sisters through their tumultuous thirty-third year as they deal with sibling rivalry and secrets, revelations and relationships, unfaithful husbands and unthinkable decisions, and the fabulous, frustrating life of forever being part of a trio.

--Marian Keyes, bestselling author of Under the Duvet --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003R50ASW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan Australia (10 November 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1529 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 387 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0060586133

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Liane Moriarty is the Australian author of eight internationally best-selling novels: Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, The Hypnotist’s Love Story, Nine Perfect Strangers and the number one New York Times bestsellers: The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty. Her books have been translated into over forty languages and sold more than 20 million copies.

Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty both debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list - the first time this was ever achieved by an Australian author. Big Little Lies was adapted into a multiple award-winning HBO series with a star-studded cast including Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. Hulu is adapting Nine Perfect Strangers into a limited series starring Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy for release in 2021.

Her new novel, Apples Never Fall, will be released in September 2021.

Liane lives in Sydney, Australia, together with her husband, son and daughter. You can find out more at www.lianemoriarty.com and www.facebook.com/LianeMoriartyAuthor

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Funny optimistic triplet drama

Reviewed in Australia on 1 April 2017

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This is not my absolute favourite book from Liane Moriarty, but it's still an excellent read. It has all the good ingredients of 'Big Little Lies' and 'What Alice Forgot' including love hate sibling relationships and lots of very funny moments. It feels so much like real life, almost like your own memories. Being one of several Irish sisters I have actually had a fork stuck in me by an angry sister, as happens in the wonderful opening scene.

Three triplets having their annual birthday dinner in a restaurant have an ugly fight that ends up with trips to the hospital. Gemma, Cat and Lyn are all facing life events. Cat is trying to deal with her husband's infidelity. Gemma is damaged by a past relationship and Lyn can't stop being a superwoman. The themes of having children, not having children, trust and betrayal run though this book. It's not a downer though, on the contrary it's very funny and optimistic. Highly recommended.

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dAVo

I kept wishing it wouldn’t end

Reviewed in Australia on 14 April 2022

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I am again dazzled by Liane Moriarty’s skill at telling a story. Life, and Sydney, and triplets, and messy relationships, words flung onto a page, and resulting in a masterpiece Pro Hart would have been proud of.

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Really Great Read

Reviewed in Australia on 18 November 2018

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This book has some of the most great things in a book, it is by an Australian, about Australians, in Australia and has been true to us Australians in the way we are....however jail instead of the spelling goal is always annoying when ever I see it in our writing, newspapers and the like >:{ we are not American
But that is pretty much all I can fault about a fantastic read. I have found a piece of each of the email characters in myself, which is highlighted be the way in which they also show them finding different side to themselves. Even the men, so I goes to show that everyone has a bit of most personalities within them, we usually only show one most of the time we just don't show them all the time....be boring I everyone was the same all the time, wouldn't it!? Thanks for the great read Laine

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Margaret Taylor

Three Wishes

Reviewed in Australia on 3 October 2018

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This is the third Liane Moriarty book I’ve read, and my least favourite. Couldn’t warm to the characters as I have before.
So much drama is rather tiring. Couldn’t stop reading it though, wanted to see how certain situations were resolved.

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Mark

Delightful read.

Reviewed in Australia on 29 June 2017

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As an avid reader i am amazed, no ashamed, I've not heard of Liane Moriarty until 2 weeks ago. Now finished my second story by her. Interesting characters, entirely believable and in everyday situations. Not the genre i generally go for, back am now going back for more. Tears and gigles in this book. Loved it!!

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Michelle Gordon

A book I never wanted to end!

Reviewed in Australia on 15 March 2014

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I absolutely loved this book!!!!

The characters are truly memorable and I loved the interplay between the relationships. There are little touches that make this book truly special and back stories that shed light on how they each developed into such different personalities. Although they are triplets and very close they do not necessarily know all of each other's secrets. The book takes you on a journey through each of their lives and some of it is heartbreaking as you become so attached to them early on and life definitely throws some curveballs their way.

Also as a resident of Sydney Australia it was thrilling to actually know the locations mentioned in the book and made the story become even more alive for me.

This is the second Liane Moriarty book I've read and as soon as I finished I had to buy a third. Her stories are so powerful and really stay with you.

I know this book in particular I will be reading again one day as I was sad to say good-bye to these sisters. I would even go so far to say as this is now in my top 5 favourite books of all time.

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Donna Nicoll

tbree wishes

Reviewed in Australia on 24 January 2015

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I was a littleconfused at the begining but once I figured out the characters I got into it and enjoyed the story.
Being set in Sydney was a good change from British or American writing. I got into the small snippits of memory from strangers who interacted with the triplets throughout the book.
It was well crafted story telling and I began to understand each character.
I will look forward to reading more from this author.

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Angela Bruhn

Another great from Moriarty

Reviewed in Australia on 3 May 2014

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This is the third book of Moriartys I hotel have read. I'm fast becoming a huge fan. A very easy to read style that has you hooked from the beginning. The author knows how to create the right amount of interest that you have to keep finding out more about the characters. I have recommended to several friends and recommend it to you!

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Mrs. S. Pagett

Not her usual brilliance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2018

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I don't usually write reviews but thought it was worth it for this one as if, like me, you choose it based on her other books you will probably be disappointed. It starts with a row between triplets in a restaurant and we don't know what the fight was about. I thought this would be the twist, the big reveal at the end. This doesn't happen. In fact this book is a bit like watching a family through a window, the petty jealousies and arguments, in jokes and irritations. It's quite true to life in some ways (well true to mine anyway!). But there is no big ending, nothing exciting that made it all worth reading. I still wanted to pick it up and find out what happened to the sisters but had I known at the start it was just a series of events and no real story I probably wouldn't have bothered.

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Sarah H.

A delightful and entertaining read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2018

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I really enjoyed this book. Meet Cat, Lyn and Gemma who are triplets. My head went into overdrive to what it must have been like for the sisters growing up with siblings that are the same age. Also how as a parent do you cope with three babies! When we first meet them though they are celebrating their thirty fourth birthday. The story does flick to the glimpses of when the women are children but it mainly concentrates to the run up to present day.

All the sisters are quite different in personalities. All going through different things in their own lives. Cat was the one that stood out the most for me. I think because she is quite a tough cookie and has the most to deal with out of the sisters. Even though at times she probably isn't that likable, I really had a soft spot for her.

There is a real sense of family in this book. Not just with siblings but with their parents also. One character I really loved was the nana. What a fabulous character. She brings a lot of humor and even though the rest of the family get frustrated with her, they love her dearly.

Three Wishes is a wonderful family drama of which I got totally wrapped into. Whilst everything isn't plain sailing for this family and they have their share of disagreements, I think it reminds us that no matter what, we only get one family and whilst they may not be perfect, they are there to be treasured. A delightful and entertaining read.

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Denise Isles

Not up to her usual suspense filled standard

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2016

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I just love Liane Moriarty's book but I am so sorry to say, this one just did not do anything for me. It is the story about triplets, they are grown up, just living their lives. First of all it was slow and difficult to get to know which character was married to whom and who had a child, which one was single, just took a little time to get into. Unfortunately, by the time I got to know the characters I just didn't care about them. I won't go into the story but nothing exciting happened. By Liane's normal writing standard I expected a big shock or a twist. The only twist I could make out was that someone who came into the narration and was not identified turned out to be someone they had met for 10 minutes somewhere in the story.

So sorry because I love the rest of her books, The Husbands Secret was the greatest book ever.

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Anne

Fun, clever and amusing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2016

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Cat, Lyn and Gemma are triplets. They live life to the full and very often in public. At one birthday dinner which has been getting louder and louder there is an altercation and one sister ends up in hospital. The book then backtracks through the period before the argument and shows what led up to it and what happens afterwards. At the beginning of each section the author also includes an event from the sisters' lives which was also lived out in public but told from the point of view of a bystander - the main narrative usually then describes the event again during the course of the story from the sisters' point of view. This sounds complicated but it isn't. The book is well crafted and the idea that the three sisters have all their major life events in public is clever and unusual.

The book is the story of the three sisters and their various life problems but particularly focussing on their relationship with each other and how that impacts on things. The sisters are intelligent and capable women but each has a life issue to be dealt with or overcome and the story also features their estranged parents and their grandmother. A lot of this is reasonably familiar ground for the readers of "women's fiction" but Liane Moriarty writes with wit and a wry humour which definitely elevates it above many other offerings in this genre.

I enjoyed this book a lot. It is a light read but involving and although I would probably not particularly like to know this family in real life I definitely engaged with them and their problems, hoping all the way through for a heart warming and uplifting ending. I have read all of this author's output and was aware that this is actually her first published novel. I don't think her inexperience shows in the writing but I have become used to the way that she often turns books around with a clever twist or a sudden revelation. This book doesn't do that and to some extent it, therefore, disappointed - but it was only a disappointment in comparison to this author's other novels and my expectations not when compared with other writers. If I had read it as the first of her books I would probably have been more delighted with it - this is a bit unfair on the author but it is my reading experience.

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Kayleigh.S

Dysfunctional family and its drama

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2022

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I enjoyed reading this book, which essentially explores a dysfunctional family and its drama.

Considering that this book was written nearly 20 years ago, the book has aged fairly well. The lives and inner-thoughts of Cat, Gemma and Lynn are, at times, scarily relatable.

It's pretty unusual for a book where all the characters are flawed and unlikable, in parts. However, the strength of the triplets bond is what you are left with.

TW especially for EDs and miscarriage.

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