Girl Falling

by Hayley Scrivenor

Snappy Review

You’re slowly drawn in, and within a few pages you’re too invested to put it down, then there’s a twist, and another, then you just might be floored by what you didn’t see coming. The secrets we keep, the lies we tell ourselves, all unfolding in the magnificent Blue Mountains. I’ll be staying away from the cliff’s edge from now on!

Book Synopsis

Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?

Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up together in the Blue Mountains. Bonded by both having lost a younger sister to suicide, they’ve always had a close – sometimes too close – friendship. Now in their twenties, their lives have finally started to diverge: Daphne is at university and Finn is working in the Mountains, as well as falling in love with a beautiful newcomer called Magdu.

Unused to sharing Finn, Daphne starts to act up in ways that will allow her to maintain the control over her best friend she’s always relished. Then, one fateful day, Finn, Daphne and Magdu all go rock-climbing – and Magdu falls to her death. Is it suicide, or a terrible accident – or something more sinister?

Bold, dramatic and utterly compelling, Girl Falling forces us to confront the stories we tell ourselves about the people we love. Displaying all of Hayley Scrivenor’s razor-sharp skills for character, landscape and narrative, this is a breathtaking read.