“The Undo” book “You Should Know” is a twisted delight

New limited HBO stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant are a couple with lots of secrets. When you need a refresher The undo Book, You should have knownLook no further before the series premiere on October 25th. The book has a lot of twists and turns to keep track of things. Spoilers for The undo and You should have known ahead.

First published in 2014 by Jean Hanff Korelitz You should have known The focus is on Grace: a therapist with a seemingly perfect life. Together with Jonathan – her handsome, successful husband – Grace has built a loving, safe home for their young son Henry. She is so involved in her own perfect life that she wrote a book called You should have knownwhich punishes women for not noticing their husbands main flaws before tying the knot.

Can you imagine where this is going?

Grace suffers a blow for her hubris after Malaga, another mother at Henry’s school, is killed in a brutal act of violence. The prime suspect in the following police investigation is Jonathan, whom Grace has not seen or spoken to in the past 24 hours.

Despite her husband’s disappearance, Grace doesn’t understand how authorities could possibly believe Jonathan has been linked to Malaga’s death … until she begins digging deeper. While trying to track down her missing husband, Korelitz’s heroine finds evidence of his infidelity. Worse, she learns that Jonathan lost his hospital job after allegations of sexual misconduct came to light.

Finally convinced that Jonathan was not what she thought he was, Grace tries to build a new life for herself and Henry. For the first time, she bonds with her in-laws, whom she believed were abusive manipulators. Instead, she finds people she has never heard of who know Jonathan’s story and have another earth-shattering secret to share: Grace’s husband may have killed before.

We’ll let You should have knownThe ending remains a mystery for now, but there is still plenty of time to read the original novel before you watch it The undo on HBO.

Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel sneaks onto the small screen on October 25th The undo. The HBO Limited series comes from you Big little lies Screenwriter David E. Kelley and The night manager Director Susanne Bier. Kidman and Grant are played as Grace and Jonathan with Noah Jupe (A quiet place) in the role of Henry.