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Selfish Girls: The dark and gripping novel of family dynamics and toxic sisterhood from the much-acclaimed author of WHAT A SHAME

Abigail Bergstrom

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Wales, Welsh, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A searing, darkly humourous novel of family, trauma and the bonds that tie us together, from the much acclaimed author of What a Shame.

SISTERS. FRIENDS. RIVALS.

NOTHING HURTS LIKE FAMILY.

Ines is reluctantly moving home on the edge of a breakdown, her childhood sweetheart in tow. He's only ever wanted what was best for her.

Gwen is elated that her prodigal daughter has returned.

Dylan is still licking her wounds from a rejection she can't forget.

And Emma is quietly suffocating in the perfect marriage she wanted so badly.

They were inseparable once. But that was a long time ago. Now, they're back in the Welsh town where they grew up, peeling back the layers of a once forgotten, haunting past. What they find may be the end of them...

Uninhibited, claustrophobic and complex, Selfish Girls spans generations, buried resentments, and an unexpected love story. It is a clear-eyed portrait of a dysfunctional family and the pain we inflict on those we love most.

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Praise for Selfish Girls: The dark and gripping novel of family dynamics and toxic sisterhood from the much-acclaimed author of WHAT A SHAME

  • A psychologically charged novel, Selfish Girls is at once a suspenseful thriller and a subtle portrait of domestic interactions, with a healthy dose of humour and hope offsetting its darker moments - Harper's Bazaar

  • I read this book obsessively, that's how much I adored it . . . a dark, messy and beautiful story about family, love and sisterhood - Stylist

  • A dark, deeply intimate exploration of sisterhood in all it's messy, complex glory. Beautifully written and thoroughly compelling

  • The story and characters felt both sharply real and ethereal at times, as though reading this novel enters you into a deep dream-like state.

  • Selfish Girls is an outstanding novel, pithy and singular, gloriously dark and compelling, a must read!

  • Sisterhood at its darkest and it's most beautiful - every time you think you understand, Bergstrom reveals a new, breathtaking layer

  • If anyone is qualified to write about what it means to be a young woman in Britain today, it's Abigail Bergstrom - Sunday Times

  • Bergstrom is a new voice but sure to be an enduring one

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Abigail Bergstrom

Abigail Bergstrom is a celebrated author and publishing powerhouse who has shepherded countless Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers throughout her career. She writes for national magazines and broadsheets including ELLE, Sunday Times Style, Red magazine, the Telegraph, Grazia and Refinery29. She reviews books for Konfekt and also writes the substack newsletter 'Something to Say,' offering writing advice and cultural commentary to thousands of readers worldwide. She is also the author of the critically-acclaimed novel, What a Shame.

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