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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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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.

'Sharply real and ethereal, as though reading this novel enters you into a dream-like state' Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestseller

'Bold, lean and enduring' Maxime Mei-Fung Chung, author of What Women Want

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Abigail Bergstrom

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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