"Big Little Lies" include the ones people tell themselves and the ones they tell others. Omissions and commissions, secrets kept, and falsehoods spread, all stray from the truth. Celeste and Perry, Madeline and Ed, and single mom Jane seem to be living happy normal lives as parents of students at Perriwee Public School, "where we live and learn by the sea."
As the women meet each other, they are the image of successful moms, but as they get to know each other, a more honest picture is revealed. Celeste wants to leave her husband but pretends all is well. Madeline is trying to adjust to sharing her daughter with her first husband Nathan and his young wife. Jane is raising her son alone keeping the identity of his father to herself. Both adults and children are keeping secrets and living with the consequences.
Some lies were to protect someone, some were misunderstandings, yet some were malicious gossip. Celeste finally realizes "all the perfect little lies" she'd told herself needed to be shared, "to say the bare ugly truth, to hold nothing back."
Their lives are not as sweet as first portrayed. Eventually, the lies are shattered, and the healing begins.
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