Good Girls
The perfect book club read from bestseller Amanda Brookfield
by Amanda Brookfield
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Pub Date 8 Oct 2019 | Archive Date 8 Oct 2019
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Description
Shortlisted for The People's Book Prize
Who can you trust with your darkest secrets...
Everyone that meets Kat Keating is mesmerised. Beautiful, smart and charming, she is everything a good girl should be.
Her sister Eleanor, on the other hand, knows she can't compete with Kat. On the awkward side of tall, clever enough to be bullied, and full of the responsibilities only an older sibling can understand, Eleanor grows up knowing she’s not a good girl.
This is the story of the Keating sisters - through a childhood fraught with dark secrets, adolescent rivalries, and on into adulthood with all its complexities and misunderstandings. Until a terrible truth from the past brings the sisters crashing together, and finally Eleanor begins to uncover just how good Kat really was.
Good Girls is a mystery, a love story, a coming-of-age story, and a tear-jerker. But most of all it’s a reminder of who to keep close and who to trust with your darkest secrets. Perfect for fans of Jane Fallon, Celeste Ng, and Julie Cohen.
Praise for Amanda Brookfield:
'An engaging, emotionally-charged and intriguing story' Michelle Gorman
'Unputdownable. Perceptive. Poignant. I loved it' Patricia Scanlan
'If Joanna Trollope is the queen of the Aga Saga, then Amanda Brookfield must be a strong contender for princess' Oxford Times
'The depth—the beauty—of this evocative story is almost too difficult to encapsulate' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review
'I adored this book; it's sad, it's thought provoking and ultimately very uplifting. A lovely read that I recommend highly' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review
'A very beautiful and at times suspenseful story. As always Amanda Brookfield writes a beautiful tale' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781838893118 |
| PRICE | US$4.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Hannelore C, Reviewer
Thank you NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the eARC.
This is a wonderful book, I enjoyed it a lot. It tells the story of the Keating family who has moved to the country from London in the 1980's The father, Vincent, is a priest and his wife Connie is unhappy with the move. Their two daughters, Kat and Eleanor are close; Kat the spitting image of her beautiful mother, whereas Eleanor takes after her father. She's a big, ungainly girl who looks after her little sister and adores her.
Sadly, the two girls are no longer close as grownups. In the present, Eleanor finds out Kat has had a tumor removed and visits Kat and her family, an uncomfortable meeting. Kat is contacted by an old friend of theirs, a doctor who's now living in Cape Town with his wife and two daughters. This contact is the start of an uncomfortable remembrance of Eleanor's college years, with subsequent painful memories and much soul searching.
It's hard for me to continue without spoilers, but I can say I adored this book; it's sad, it's thought provoking and ultimately very uplifting. A lovely read that I recommend highly.
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