Girl Falling

Hayley Scrivenor

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Macmillan
30 July 2024

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Three girls go abseiling. Three girls with secrets. One girl dies... With this setting, Hayley Scrivenor's latest novel is a psychological hothouse as it moves into the lives of Finn, a young woman living in the Blue Mountains, Daphne, Finn's former love and Magdu, Finn's current partner who has just fallen to her death in a horrifying accident. Finn's state of mind and her relationships with Madgu and Daphne are portrayed with wonderful writing. Craig

'An enthralling excavation of truth, with a vivid, human heart.' Benjamin Stevenson

Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?

Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up together in the Blue Mountains. Bonded by both having lost a younger sister to suicide, they've always had a close - sometimes too close - friendship. Now in their twenties, their lives have finally started to diverge: Daphne is at university and Finn is working in the Mountains, as well as falling in love with a beautiful newcomer called Magdu.

Unused to sharing Finn, Daphne starts to act up in ways that will allow her to maintain the control over her best friend she's always relished. Then, one fateful day, Finn, Daphne and Magdu all go rock-climbing - and Magdu falls to her death. Is it suicide, or a terrible accident - or something more sinister?

Bold, dramatic and utterly compelling, Girl Falling forces us to confront the stories we tell ourselves about the people we love. Displaying all of Hayley Scrivenor's razor-sharp skills for character, landscape and narrative, this is a breathtaking read.

By: Hayley Scrivenor
Imprint: Macmillan
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781760987206
ISBN 10: 1760987204
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 30 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hayley Scrivenor is a former Director of Wollongong Writers Festival. Originally from a small country town, Hayley now lives and writes on Dharawal country and has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wollongong on the south coast of New South Wales. Dirt Town is her first novel. Her debut novel, Dirt Town, was a number-one bestseller and won multiple awards, including the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2023.