Here One Moment: A Novel

INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband’s Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world.
 
"A riveting story so wild you don't know how she'll land it, and then she does, on a dime." —Anne Lamott

Life is full of twists and turns you never see coming. But what if you did?
 
The plane is jam-packed. Every seat is taken. So of course the flight is delayed! Flight attendant Allegra Patel likes her job—she's generally happy with her life, even if she can't figure out why she hooks up with a man she barely speaks to—but today is her twenty-eighth birthday. She can think of plenty of things she'd rather be doing than placating a bunch of grumpy passengers.
 
There's the well-dressed man in seat 4C who is compulsively checking his watch, desperate not to miss his eleven-year-old daughter's musical. Further back, a mother of two is frantically trying to keep her toddler entertained and her infant son quiet. How did she ever think being a stay-at-home mom would be easier than being a lawyer? Ethan is lost in thought; he's flying back from his first funeral. A young couple has just gotten married; she's still wearing her wedding dress. An emergency room nurse is looking forward to traveling the world once she retires in a few years, it's going to be so much fun! If they ever get off the tarmac. . . .
 
Suddenly a woman none of them know stands up. She makes predictions about how and when everyone on board will die. Some dismiss her. Others will do everything they can to make sure her prophecies do not come to pass. All of them will be forever changed.
 
How would you live your life if you thought you knew how it would end? Would you love who you love or try to love someone else? Would you stay married? Would you stop drinking? Would you call up your ex-best friend you haven’t spoken to in years? Would you quit your job?
 
Intricately plotted, with the wonderful wit Liane Moriarty has become famous for, Here One Moment brilliantly looks at friends, lovers, and family and how we manage to hold onto them in our harried modern lives.

Liane Moriarty is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, The Husband’s Secret, and Truly Madly Guilty; the New York Times bestsellers Nine Perfect Strangers, What Alice Forgot, and The Last Anniversary; The Hypnotist’s Love Story; and Three Wishes. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children.

ISBN: 9780385699815
Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: July 01, 2025

"Liane Moriarty has done it again (and again and again.) The always terrific cast of characters, fine writing and sense of humor. And this time a riveting story that is so wild that you don’t know how she’ll land it, and then she does, on a dime." —Anne Lamott, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Brilliant, charming and invigorating. . . . A fresh, funny, ambitious and nuanced take on some of our oldest existential questions. Cannot wait for the TV series." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Liane Moriarty’s latest examines the insidious uncertainties of modern life." —Canadian Living

"A thorough exploration of free will and the human impulse to make sense of the capricious ways the universe bats us around." —Washington Post

"Beautiful and imaginative. . . . A brilliant story, weaving together a compelling cast of characters, as they grapple with their own perspectives on life, death, grief and destiny." —Shedoesthecity