Little Disasters: A Novel

This “thrilling and emotional depiction of family drama, friendship, and trust will have you on the edge of your seat” (CNN) as it explores the complexity of motherhood from the bestselling author of the inspiration behind the hit Netflix series Anatomy of a Scandal.

You think you know her…but look a little closer.

She is a stay-at-home mother-of-three with boundless reserves of patience, energy, and love. After being friends for a decade, this is how Liz sees Jess.

Then one moment changes everything.

Dark thoughts and carefully guarded secrets surface—and Liz is left questioning everything she thought she knew about her friend, and about herself. The truth can’t come soon enough.

Evocative and haunting, Little Disasters is “an important book as well as a brilliant read” (Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author).

Sarah Vaughan studied English at Oxford and went on to become a journalist. She spent eleven years at The Guardian as a news reporter and political correspondent before leaving to freelance and write fiction. Her first thriller, Anatomy of a Scandal, was an instant international bestseller, translated into twenty-four languages, and is available to stream on Netflix as a worldwide number one series starring Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery, and Rupert Friend. Her bestselling novel, Little Disasters, has also been optioned for television, as has Reputation, her fifth novel. Find out more at SarahVaughanAuthor.com.

ISBN: 9781668033524
Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: February 20, 2024

"Compelling, beautifully written, so perceptive and emotionally devastating. Like Anatomy of a Scandal, it feels like an important book as well as a brilliant read.""Each character is brilliantly drawn, and the book delivers surprise after surprise.""A true psychological thriller shows us, as all the best ones do, that the scariest place is not the dark alleyway but inside the pathways of our own minds.""Will have parents – in fact, all readers – turning the pages deep into the night.""A brilliant storyteller, Vaughan serves up every mother’s nightmare with consummate skill and a big heart… Impossible to put down.""Absolutely brilliant; an emotionally devastating story, brave and honest.""I loved it and didn’t want to put it down.""An immaculately researched and compelling story about the devastating fallout from one mistake.""Gripping, meticulous, and touches the raw nerves of parenthood.""A fabulous twisty look at early motherhood and friendships… brave and brilliant.""Every bit as brilliant as Anatomy of a Scandal. Superb.""Another masterful page-turner… a truly gripping read.""I read this with a fascinated, mounting sense of horror because it could all be too true. Compulsive reading with an ending I didn’t see coming.""A deep dive into the dark side of motherhood. Highly recommended.""Little Disasters takes on another topical and emotive issue with the same skill and command Vaughan showed in Anatomy of a Scandal.""Gripping and compassionate, but most importantly a novel that will change lives.""An emotionally terrifying story. Sarah has impressively created characters whose pain and fear is all too real. I could not put this book down.""Vaughan's intense novel digs into universal issues: the strains of motherhood, tests of friendship, sources of obsession, and the rewards of forgiveness. For those legions of readers who like edgy, contemporary tales.""Vaughan is proving herself a master of suspense and an author willing to probe the darkest reaches of our psyches.""This thrilling and emotional depiction of family drama, friendship and trust will have you on the edge of your seat.""Powerful and compelling, the prose gets to the heart of parenting as well as self-doubt, anxiety, and heartbreak.""Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Celeste Ng, Little Disasters is an expertly crafted, uncanny thriller that offers mesmerizing characters, topical themes and unrelenting revelations.""A great, twisting mystery until the end, and it's worth staying up late a night or two to explore this complicated drama."