First Chapter First Paragraph - Nine Perfect Strangers

I am linking up with Vicki @ I’d Rather Be At The Beach who hosts a meme every Tuesday to share the First Chapter First Paragraph or two of the book you are currently reading or plan to read soon.

The book I'm sharing this week is by an author that I've read before.  In fact, a couple of her books are among my favorites in the last decade, The Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies.  Her last book, Truly Madly Guilty, was not as much of a winner with me.  I've heard mixed reactions to this new one, but I'm hopeful.  It's narrated again by Caroline Lee and though several have criticized her voice and pace in this book, I'm finding it just as pleasing as those I've heard her narrate before.  Here's the beginning of:

Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty

First Paragraph(s):

'I'm fine,' said the woman.  'There's nothing wrong with me.'
     She didn't look fine to Yao.
     It was his first day as a trainee paramedic.  His third call-out.  Yao wasn't nervous, but he was in a hypervigilant state because he couldn't bear to make even an inconsequential mistake.  When he was a child, mistakes had made him wail inconsolably, and they still made his stomach cramp.
     A single bead of perspiration rolled down the woman's face, leaving a snail's trail through her makeup.  Yao wondered why women painted their faces orange, but that was not relevant.

Blurb:

 Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be.

Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues her most is the strange and charismatic owner/director of Tranquillum House. Could this person really have the answers Frances didn’t even know she was seeking? Should Frances put aside her doubts and immerse herself in everything Tranquillum House has to offer – or should she run while she still can?

It’s not long before every guest at Tranquillum House is asking exactly the same question.

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Have you read Nine Perfect Strangers or other books by Liane Moriarty?  What's your opinion if you have?  Would you continue?