Selfish Girls

Nothing hurts like family.

Ines is reluctantly moving home on the edge of a breakdown, her childhood sweetheart in tow. He's only ever wanted what was best for her. Gwen is elated that her prodigal daughter has returned. Dylan is still licking her wounds from a rejection she can't forget. And Emma is quietly suffocating in the perfect marriage she wanted so badly.

They were inseparable once. But that was a long time ago. Now, they're back in the Welsh town where they grew up, peeling back the layers of a once forgotten, haunting past. What they find may be the end of them...

Uninhibited, claustrophobic and emotionally complex, Selfish Girls spans generations, buried resentments, and an unexpected love story. It is a clear-eyed portrait of a dysfunctional family and the pain we inflict on those we love most.

Praise for Abigail Bergstrom

'If anyone is qualified to write about what it means to be a young woman in Britain today, it's Abigail Bergstrom' Sunday Times

'A glorious new talent has arrived' Emma Gannon

'Bergstrom is a new voice but sure to be an enduring one' Caroline O'Donoghue

'One of the cleverest and boldest writers I've ever read' Scarlett Curtis

Abigail Bergstrom is a Welsh writer and has written for national magazines and broadsheets, including ELLE, Sunday Times Style, the Telegraph and Refinery29. She has worked in publishing for over a decade and is an industry leader and an expert in navigating the cross section between digital and print, speaking at international conferences on the subject. She's edited some of Britain's most prominent feminist voices, was nominated for Literary Agent of the Year 2020 and was listed in 'The Bookseller 150' for shepherding over thirty titles onto bestseller lists and building some of today's biggest book brands. An intersectional feminist campaigner, she co-founded the campaign 'This Doesn't Mean Yes' which was covered in the media internationally. She lives in Lisbon with her husband and her Italian Greyhound, Luca.

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