Michelle Sacksová

A gripping page-turner for fans of The Couple Next Door, Michelle Sacks's You Were Made For This provocatively explores the darker side of marriage, motherhood and friendship. Doting wife, devoted husband, cherished child. Merry, Sam and Conor are the perfect family in the perfect place. Merry adores baking, gardening, and caring for her infant son, while Sam pursues a new career in film. In their idyllic house in the Swedish woods, they can hardly believe how lucky they are. What perfect new lives they've built for themselves, away from New York and the events that overshadowed their happiness there. And then Merry's closest friend Frank comes to stay. All their lives, the two women have been more like sisters than best friends. And that's why Frank sees things that others might miss. Treacherous things that unfold behind closed doors. But soon it's clear that everyone inside the house has something to hide. And as the truth begins to show through the cracks, Merry, Frank, and Sam grow all the more desperate to keep their picture-perfect lives intact.

Napínavý psychothriller plný nečekaných zvratů, který provokativně odhaluje temnou stranu manželství, mateřství a přátelství. Bezmezně milující manželka, oddaný manžel, opečovávané dítě. Američané Merry, Sam a Conor jsou perfektní rodina, žijící na perfektním místě. Merry si domácký život nemůže vynachválit – pečení, práce na zahradě, péče o malého syna. Sam začíná po odchodu z univerzity s novou kariérou filmaře. Občas se přistihnou, že sami nevěří tomu, jak šťastní jsou. Tady na švédském venkově, kde začínají žít svůj nový perfektní život. Když je v jejich švédském ráji navštíví Merryina kamarádka Frank, stane se okamžitě součástí rodiny. Sblíží se s malým Conorem. A se Samem. Frank a Merry jsou skoro jako sestry, proto Frank okamžitě odhalí věci, které ostatním unikají. Faleš a zradu, kterým se dá při pohledu na tuhle pohádkovou rodinku těžko věřit. Ale jenom Frank ví, co se tady skutečně odehrává… . Kdo je manipulátor a kdo oběť?

A gripping page-turner for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW and THE PERFECT NANNY,Michelle Sacks's You Were Made For Thisprovocatively explores the darkest sides of marriage, motherhood, and friendship. Doting wife, devoted husband, cherished child. Merry, Sam, and Conor are the perfect family in the perfect place. Merry adores the domestic life: baking, gardening, caring for her infant son. Sam, formerly an academic, is pursuing a new career as a filmmaker. Sometimes they can hardly believe how lucky they are. What perfect new lives they've built. When Merry's childhood friend Frank visits their Swedish paradise, she immediately becomes part of the family. She bonds with Conor. And with Sam. She befriends the neighbors, and even finds herself embracing the domesticity she's always seemed to scorn. All their lives, Frank and Merry have been more like sisters than best friends. And that's why Frank soon sees the things others might miss. Treacherous things, which are almost impossible to believe when looking at this perfect family. But Frank, of all people, knows that the truth is rarely what you want the world to see.