Versions of a Girl: 'A wild, heartbreaking, exhilarating ride' Daisy Buchanan

Catherine Gray

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Northern Ireland, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Coping with drug & alcohol abuse, Family & relationships

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Mountain Leopard Press
- Trade Paperback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781802795189 | RRP $34.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781802795165 | RRP $49.99 Pre-Order
- e-Book Jul 4, 2024 | 9781802795172 | RRP $9.99 Pre-Order
Imprint

Mountain Leopard Press
- Trade Paperback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781802795189 | RRP $34.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781802795165 | RRP $49.99 Pre-Order
- e-Book Jul 4, 2024 | 9781802795172 | RRP $9.99 Pre-Order
Imprint

Mountain Leopard Press
- Trade Paperback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781802795189 | RRP $34.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Oct 8, 2024 | 9781802795165 | RRP $49.99 Pre-Order
- e-Book Jul 4, 2024 | 9781802795172 | RRP $9.99 Pre-Order

The irresistible debut novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Catherine Gray, about growing up and trying not to become our parents - 'I LOVED this book; a wild, heartbreaking, exhilarating ride' (Daisy Buchanan)

'No other writer has ever made me laugh and cry as much as Catherine Gray' Daisy May Cooper

'Compulsive, edible, I devoured it' Holly Whitaker, New York Times bestelling author of Quit Like A Woman

Do we become who we are because of our parents, or in spite of them?

Fern's mother is a social climber and a former ballet dancer who lives a plush life in a London townhouse.

Fern's father only climbs if there's a bottle at the top, has an IQ of 133 and lives hand-to-mouth in Californian motels.

Aged fourteen, Fern has spent equal time with each of her parents. That is, until an unexpected visitor triggers a life-changing dilemma: whether she should get on a plane to London to be with her mother, or stay in California with her father. Here, Fern's narrative splices in two.

Two possible lives, one person. Each Fern will grow in wildly different, but eerily similar directions. Both must determine who they want to be - and how they deal with a thorny problem which threatens to undo them all: a murder.

Warm and brilliantly wise, this is the irresistible fiction debut from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober.

Catherine Gray

Catherine Gray is a Sunday Times bestselling author of five books, including The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober. She's sold over half a million books in English-speaking territories, her work has been published in the likes of Stylist, Marie Claire, The Lancet Psychiatry and the Guardian, and her books have been translated into nine languages. In 2018, Catherine founded charitable campaign Sober Spring, a three-month sabbatical from alcohol, and she now runs it with Alcohol Change UK, for whom she is an ambassador. She's been sober since 2013. Catherine lives in Hove and when not writing she enjoys falling off a paddleboard, giving her plants names like 'Cassandra' and 'Miguel', and spamming Instagram with pictures of dogs.

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