Buying Options

Kindle Price:	$9.99
	includes tax, if applicable
Sold by:	Macmillan (AU) This price was set by the publisher.

promotions apply when you purchase

Add Audible Narration to your purchase for just $2.99

Deliver to your Kindle or other device

Redeem a promotion code or gift card

Share <Embed>

The Family Next Door by [Sally Hepworth]

Audible Sample

Playing...

Paused

Follow the Author

Sally Hepworth

The Family Next Door Kindle Edition

by Sally Hepworth (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

1,438 ratings

See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Amazon Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$9.99

—

Audible Audiobook, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$0.00

Free with your Audible trial

Hardcover

"Please retry"

$34.72

—

Paperback

"Please retry"

$14.93

—

Mass Market Paperback

"Please retry"

$15.48

—

Audio CD, Audiobook, CD, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$37.97

—

"This is women's fiction at its finest" Liane Moriarty

Do you ever really know your neighbours?

The safest suburbs often hold the deepest secrets. Such is the case for Essie, a mother of two. In a moment of maternal despair she once made a terrible mistake, one she will always regret. Essie has since recovered, but she fears what may still lurk inside her.

Her neighbours in Pleasant Court have their own issues. Driven and organised, Ange appears to have everything under control, except perhaps her husband. Practical, intellectual Fran can't stop running. For exercise, or something else?

One day in February, during an unprecedented Melbourne heatwave, someone new arrives. Isabelle is single and childless, when everyone else is married with kids. She is renting, when everyone else owns. Her job is mysteriously vague. Strangest of all, Isabelle is very curious about her neighbours. Too curious, some might say.

It soon becomes clear that Isabelle's choice of neighbourhood was no accident. And her presence might bring even more secrets to light ...

From the bestselling author of The Secrets of Midwives

PRAISE FOR THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR

"A book Liane Moriarty fans will love." Marie Claire

"Big Little Lies fans, this one's for you." Harper's Bazaar

"With jaw-dropping discoveries, and realistic consequences, this novel is not to be missed. Perfect for lovers of Big Little Lies." Library Journal, starred review

"Hepworth deftly keeps the reader turning pages and looking for clues, all the while building multilayered characters and carefully doling out bits of their motivations." Booklist

Length: 285 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Audible Narration: Audible Narration Switch back and forth between reading the Kindle book and listening to the Audible narration. Add narration for a reduced price of $2.99 after you buy the Kindle book. Ready	Language: English

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Sally Hepworth
404
Kindle Edition
$9.99
Sally Hepworth
3,610
Kindle Edition
$4.99
Sally Hepworth
189
Kindle Edition
$9.99
Sally Hepworth
425
Kindle Edition
$12.99
Sally Hepworth
411
Kindle Edition
$9.99
Holly Wainwright
477
Kindle Edition
$14.99

Product description

About the Author

Sally Hepworth has lived around the world, spending extended periods in Singapore, the U.K. and Canada, where she worked in event management and Human Resources. While on maternity leave, Sally finally fulfilled a lifelong dream to write, the result of which was Love Like the French, published in Germany in 2014. While pregnant with her second child, Sally wrote The Secrets of Midwives, published worldwide in English, as well as in France, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2015. A novel about three generations of midwives, The Secrets of Midwives asks readers what makes a mother and what role biology plays in the making and binding of a family.

The Secrets of Midwives has been labelled "enchanting" by The Herald Sun and "smart and engaging" by Publisher's Weekly and New York Times bestselling authors Liane Moriarty and Emily Giffin have praised Sally's debut English language novel as "women's fiction at its finest" and "totally absorbing".

Sally has continued writing about women's issues and family ties in The Things We Keep (published February 2016), The Mother's Promise (March 2017), The Family Next Door (March 2018) and The Mother-in-Law (February 2019).

Sally lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and three children.

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

Book Description

No one really knows what goes on behind closed suburban doors. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

ASIN : B0774JNNBH
Publisher : Macmillan Australia (27 February 2018)
Language : English
File size : 414 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 285 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 1,570 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 57 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- 233 in Contemporary Fiction (Kindle Store)
- 360 in Contemporary Romance (Books)

Customer Reviews:
1,438 ratings

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Sally Hepworth
3,610
Kindle Edition
$4.99
Sally Hepworth
425
Kindle Edition
$12.99
Sally Hepworth
404
Kindle Edition
$9.99
Sally Hepworth
411
Kindle Edition
$9.99
Sally Hepworth
189
Kindle Edition
$9.99
Nicola Moriarty
Kindle Edition
$12.99

Customer reviews

5 star		56%
4 star		27%
3 star		12%
2 star		3%
1 star		2%

How are ratings calculated?

Review this product

Write a customer review

Top reviews from Australia

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Miss Prudence

Some strange phrases

Reviewed in Australia on 26 July 2018

Verified Purchase

I just couldn’t get past the use of “illegitimate”. This outdated term has not been used for years. So I had a hard time accepting 30 something year old women would be thinking or fearful of having a so called “illegitimate “ child. Just discredited an already soft story. Otherwise I might of seen this as a “no brainer” Moriarty kind of read: easy and ok

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Edenview

Worth the read

Reviewed in Australia on 5 January 2021

Verified Purchase

This book is a great book to read on those rainy days where you really can’t get inspired to do anything else.. I loved Sally Hepworth’s easy style, her reference to Australian places and weather, and her ability to bring the characters to life. The only thing I found a bit hard was trying to remember each character as the focus on each one changed regularly in the book and it was hard to keep up at times. Overall, I really enjoyed it.

Helpful

Bookappraisal

First but NOT the last

Reviewed in Australia on 20 March 2019

Verified Purchase

This is the first Sally Hepworth book I’ve read but not the last. I highly recommend this book. From the start of the book you are challenged with your thinking of what stand you’d make under particular situations. Loved the twists and the outcome of the novel. Do yourself a favour and check this one out.

Helpful

mel_mox

Awesome book with a great twist

Reviewed in Australia on 30 September 2018

Verified Purchase

Loved this book and story.
Sally is a great story teller & gets you emotionally hooked to the characters. Loved all of the characters especially Essie.
The writing style reminded me of Liane Moriarty.
I was so hooked I read it in one day and didn’t want it to end. I will definitely be reading all of her other books now.

Helpful

Bernadette Dekker

Intriguing story

Reviewed in Australia on 25 January 2020

Verified Purchase

Great story with many twists and unexpected turns. Reasonable characterisation. It certainly captured my interest and kept me wondering what would happen next. Highly recommended.

Helpful

Amazon Customer

Good Story

Reviewed in Australia on 17 December 2020

Verified Purchase

I enjoyed the story and the characters were well drawn and believable. I got so annoyed by the Americanisms scattered throughout the book however - it felt like the author was pandering to the American market a bit frankly. It's set in Victoria with Australian characters. Can't we just use Australian terminology?

Helpful

Susan Godenzi

Another exceptional read!

Reviewed in Australia on 9 August 2020

Verified Purchase

So glad to have come across this author’s books. Such good strong characters and believable storyline. Engrossing and thoroughly enjoyable.

Helpful

pamela hague

Not for me

Reviewed in Australia on 7 April 2018

Verified Purchase

Not great.. i didnt realise i would be reading quite so much about crying babies and whining toddlers. It was not a relaxing read

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

nicknak

Neighbours

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2018

Verified Purchase

You never know what goes on behind closed doors! I wouldn't say it's a gripping story as I knew what was coming. It was quite hard to keep up with the amount of characters in this book.

21 people found this helpful

City Pigeon

Most Boring Story Read This Year. "Thriller"? No Way!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2018

Verified Purchase

I disliked this book from the first page. It is definitely NOT thrilling, nor even entertaining - unless one likes to read about breeding and breastfeeding babies! These topics are covered by the authoress in excruciatingly boring detail and yes, we all know that infants keep one up at night and new mothers are tired... As a woman, I think it's about time women writers such as Ms. Hepworth wrote about something interesting instead of babies!

14 people found this helpful

Tinkerbell

Spoiler Alert - Nothing Happens in this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2018

Verified Purchase

Gripping? Really? Nope, not at all. I don't understand the rave reviews for this. It's very dull with boring characters that I couldn't care less about and I kept waiting for something to happen. I finally finished it (after falling asleep each time I picked it up) and still nothing happened. I'm always suspicious when new releases get compared to other authors - you just can't compare this to Liane Moriarty for instance. Only thing in common is it's set in Australia.
I really need to find something good to follow after my struggle with this.

10 people found this helpful

Christine Cooney

What secrets are your neighbours keeping behind their closed doors?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2018

Verified Purchase

I found the continual changing from one main character’s plot line to another’s rather confusing to start with, though once I had got used to this, the narrative flowed quite well. All the female protagonists were well drawn with a strong supporting cast of husbands and other family members. There were a few small surprises along the way, although nothing prepared me for the final revelation. Overall, I enjoyed the book and will look for more books from this author.

8 people found this helpful

Nichola Ward

We all want to know what happens behind closed doors.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 August 2018

Verified Purchase

Set in Melbourne, life for three mothers on a quiet street seems to carry on as normal until new neighbour Isabelle arrives; with no husband and no child why would she want to live in this expensive, children orientated side of town?

Word gets out and rumours begin to spread about her sudden appearance and ever growing obsession about this woman grows.

Each chapter of this book focusses on a different character which can be confusing at first but once you get into it, you soon get to know each personality and together they form a very pleasant continual read which develops the plot.

We all want to know what happens behind our neighbours door, and this will keep you guessing!

9 people found this helpful

See all reviews

Buying Options

Follow the Author

Similar authors to follow

The Family Next Door Kindle Edition

Customers who bought this item also bought

Product description

About the Author

Book Description

Review

From the Author

Product details

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Customer reviews

Review this product

Top reviews from Australia

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries