the Truth about Her: electrifying fiction debut for fans of Sunday Times top five bestseller Sorrow and Bliss

'Electrifying, deeply unsettling and so, so satisfying' Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss 'I raced through this compelling tale about shame, single motherhood, and the lies we tell ourselves and other people' Daily Mail Journalist and single mother Suzy Hamilton gets a phone call one summer morning, and finds out that the subject of one of her investigative exposes, wellness blogger Tracey Doran, has killed herself overnight. Suzy is horrified by this news but copes in the only way she knows how - through work, mothering, and carrying on with several ill-advised affairs. The consequences of her actions catch up with Suzy over the course of a sticky Sydney summer. She starts receiving anonymous vindictive letters and is pursued by Tracey's mother wanting her, as a kind of rough justice, to tell Tracey's story, but this time, the right way. A tender, absorbing, intelligent and moving exploration of guilt, shame, female anger, and, in particular, mothering, with all its trouble and treasure, The Truth About Her is mostly a story about the nature of stories - who owns them, who gets to tell them, and why we need them. An entirely striking, stylish and contemporary novel, from a talented new writer.

'Electrifying, deeply unsettling and so, so satisfying' Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss ‘I raced through this compelling tale about shame, single motherhood, and the lies we tell ourselves and other people’ Daily Mail 'Electrifying, deeply unsettling and so, so satisfying' Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss ‘I raced through this compelling tale about shame, single motherhood, and the lies we tell ourselves and other people’ Daily Mail How can you write other people's stories, when you won't admit the truth of your own? Journalist and single mother Suzy Hamilton gets a shocking phone call one morning: the subject of one of her investigative exposés, 25-year-old wellness blogger Tracey Doran, has killed herself overnight. Horrified by this news, she copes in the only way she knows how – throwing herself into work, looking after her young daughter and carrying on with two ill-advised affairs. But no one can make their own story disappear, and soon Suzy’s life is spiralling into chaos: will it end in violence or redemption?