Dirty laundry : a novel
(Book)

"Ciara Murphy has it all: a loving husband, well-behaved children, and a beautiful home. Her circle of friends in their small Irish village go to her for tips about mothering, style, and influencer success -- after all, a picture perfect life is easy money on Instagram. But behind the filters, reality is less polished. Enter Mishti Gupta: Ciara's best friend. Ciara welcomed Mishti into her inner circle for being ... unlike the other mothers in the group. Discontent in a marriage arranged for her by her parents back in Calcutta, Mishti now raises her young daughter in a country that is too cold, among children who look nothing like her. She wants what Ciara has -- the ease with which she moves through the world -- and in that sense, Mishti might be exactly like the other mothers. And there's earth mother Lauren Doyle: the butt of local jokes. With her disheveled partner and children who run naked in the yard, Lauren presides over a (mostly) happy lot, though she's ostracized for being the singular dysfunction in Ciara's immaculate world. Finding an unlikely ally in Mishti, Lauren decides that her days of ridicule are over. Then Ciara is found murdered in her pristine home, and the house of cards she'd worked so hard to build comes tumbling down. Everyone seems to have something to gain from Ciara's death, so if they don't want the blame, it may be the perfect time to air their enemies' dirty laundry. In this dazzling debut novel, Bose revolutionizes age-old ideas of love and deceit. What ensues is the delicious unspooling of a group of women desperate to preserve themselves."--,Provided by publisher.