Selfish Girls

✨'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' Caroline O'Donoghue ✨✨'One of the cleverest and boldest writers I've ever read' Scarlett Curtis ✨ ✨ 'A glorious new talent has arrived' Emma Gannon ✨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 emotionally 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.PRAISE FOR SELFISH GIRLS'Anyone who has a sister knows what a treasured, complex, fraught and precious bond it is - a theme that Abigail Bergstrom puts at the heart of her new psychologically charged novel Selfish Girls . . . this 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'Sharply real and ethereal, as though reading this novel enters you into a dream-like state' Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestseller'Selfish Girls is an outstanding novel: pithy and singular, gloriously dark and compelling, a must read!' Salena Godden, author of Mrs Death Misses Death'Sisterhood at its darkest and it's most beautiful - every time you think you understand, Bergstrom reveals a new, breathtaking layer' Monika Radojevic, #Merky Books New Writers' Prize winning author of A Beautiful Lack of Consequence'An exceptionally clever and moving portrait of the messy realities of sisterhood - it took my breath away' Olivia Petter, award-winning journalist and author of Gold Rush'The best book I've read in years' Lucy Blakiston, Shit You Should Care About'Selfish Girls is a masterclass in emotional storytelling. A searing, beautifully written portrait of messy love, buried pain, and the bonds that refuse to break. I couldn't look away' Amie McNee, author and creator of @inspiredtowrite 'With great empathy and precision, Bergstrom has created a family portrait that's richly detailed and deeply intimate' Chloë Ashby, critically-acclaimed author of Second Self 'Bold, lean and enduring' Maxine Mei-Fung Chung, author of What Women Want'Deceit, pain and absent mothers, I held my breath at the end. What a perfect book' Alex Holder, author and owner of Salted Books