It’s done.
Something breathes and lets go.
And I know that, at last, Becky is free. And so am I.
In my pocket, my phone buzzes. I know before I look that it will be Zeke, texting to see how it went with Damien. Checking my plans for the night. I think about how much maths homework I’ve got waiting for me at home, it never seems to stop. Plus Zelda needs walking and my brother wants to practise a debating speech on me. I think about telling Zeke I’m too busy. But I only think about it for a second. I can’t wait to see him. We can do maths and walk Zelda and watch Tom’s speech together.
I press call.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Huge thanks to my friends, colleagues (who are also friends!) and family for cheering my writing on – your support and belief in my stories help me to keep going.
I’m so grateful as always to my beta readers for their insight and honesty during the drafting process: Sarah Bourne, Kirsty Dummin, Amy Laura Jackson, Celia Pearce, Alex Wilson, and Emily Witt. Mirror Me would have been so much less without you.
I’m enormously lucky to be part of a wonderfully generous and supportive online writing community. It makes all the difference in the world to be able to share the journey of writing and publishing with you all. You know who you are!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I’ve worked as a bakery assistant, cleaner, telemarketer, receptionist, yoga instructor, university tutor, researcher and public servant. I’ve studied philosophy, Spanish, law and have a PhD in history.
I co-wrote a documentary film, The End of the Rainbow, which won the First Appearance Award at the 2007 International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. My first novel, The Space Between, about a girl’s search for the truth after her best friend’s disappearance, was shortlisted for the 2016 Ampersand Prize.
I live in Canberra, Australia with my partner and son.
I also write dark fantasy under the author name R.L. Sanderson.
To find out more visit my website: www.rachelsandersonauthor.com
You can follow me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/rachelsandersonauthor
Also by Rachel Sanderson…
THE SPACE BETWEEN
***** I was completely blown away by this debut novel
***** An honest, heartbreaking look at first friendships and first loves
***** Exceptionally well written
***** Absolutely beautiful
The truth will change everything.
When seventeen-year-old Daina Valaitis vanishes without a trace, her best friend Erica finds herself falling apart – and falling in love with Daina’s brother.
Through the turmoil of grief and guilt, Erica is desperate to know the truth about what happened to her friend.
But what she discovers – about Daina, their families, and herself – will change her life forever.
This gripping, heartbreaking young adult novel was shortlisted for the 2016 Ampersand Prize.
Please note: This book is suitable for older young adult readers. It contains sex scenes, drug use and swearing.
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