by Megan Goldin
I wish to thank Ali Watts and Johannes Jakob for helping bring this novel to life with their insights, advice and unflagging support. Thank you also to Adam Laszczuk for another beautiful cover design. Special thanks to Louise Ryan, Nerrilee Weir, Chloe Davies, Alysha Farry, Heidi Camilleri and the many others at Penguin Random House who worked tirelessly behind the scenes in the publication of this novel. To Sarah Fairhall, thank you for taking a chance on an unpublished novelist. I am grateful for the support of my film agent Jerry Kalajian at the Intellectual Property Group; writing is a lonely business and Jerry’s praise and encouragement came at a pivotal moment. To my family, thank you for being my own private cheerleading squad and patiently putting up with my crazy and intense writing schedule.
About the Author
Megan Goldin worked as a journalist for the ABC and Reuters in Asia and the Middle East where she covered war zones and wrote about war, peace and international terrorism.
After she had her third child, she returned to her hometown of Melbourne to raise her three sons and write fiction, often while waiting for her children at their sports training sessions. Her debut novel was the bestselling The Girl in Kellers Way.
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First published by Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd, 2018
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ISBN 978-1-76014-364-0
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