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Big Little Lies Chapter 52

By Liane Moriarty

Chapter 52

The assembly is about to begin, and who sits next to Madeline but…Bonnie.
Perfect, yoga-teaching Bonnie.
She chats up Madeline in her perfect, calm, kind way.
Madeline is starting to inwardly boil with rage. She figures that tomorrow will be peak PMS.
First, Bonnie tells Madeline that Abigail has decided to become a social worker, and that she's working on a social justice project that's top secret.
The last time Madeline heard anything, Abigail wanted to be a physiotherapist.
Oh yeah, says Bonnie. And Madeline and Ed should totally come over to Abigail's fifteenth birthday party. It would be so nice to get the whole family together.
It takes everything in Madeline's power not to start screaming with hurt and anger.