Selfish Girls: The dark and gripping novel of family dynamics and toxic sisterhood from the much-acclaimed author of WHAT A SHAME
Autor Abigail Bergstromen Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 iul 2025
În universul creat de Abigail Bergstrom, dragostea de familie nu este un refugiu, ci o forță care poate strivi la fel de ușor cum poate salva. În noul său roman, Selfish Girls, descoperim miza psihologică a unei întoarceri forțate: Ines revine în micul oraș galez unde a crescut, purtând povara unei prăbușiri emoționale iminente. Nu este singură în acest peisaj al resentimentelor; o regăsim pe Gwen, mama care îi așteaptă revenirea cu o bucurie suspectă, pe Dylan, încă marcată de o respingere veche, și pe Emma, care se sufocă lent sub masca unei căsnicii perfecte. Reținem aici o explorare viscerală a legăturilor dintre surori și generații, unde trecutul nu este niciodată cu adevărat uitat, ci doar îngropat sub straturi de tăcere.
Stilul autoarei păstrează acea prospețime brută și imediată pe care am întâlnit-o în What a Shame, însă aici Abigail Bergstrom extinde cercetarea traumei spre o zonă mai întunecată, aproape onirică. Dacă romanul Girls de Kirsty Capes v-a captivat prin portretul memorabil al relațiilor de familie deteriorate, Selfish Girls extinde această experiență în direcția unei tensiuni claustrofobice, specifice unui roman polițist psihologic. Textul alternează între momente de umor acid și secvențe de o vulnerabilitate dureroasă, construind un ritm care imită stările febrile ale personajelor sale. Este o lectură despre prețul apartenenței și despre cicatricile pe care le lăsăm asupra celor pe care îi iubim cel mai mult, scrisă cu o precizie care te face să simți fiecare trăire direct sub pielea personajelor.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1399719483
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 158 x 232 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodder & Stoughton
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte pentru modul onest și tăios în care deconstruiește mitul familiei perfecte. Cititorul va câștiga o perspectivă profundă asupra dinamicii toxice dintre generații și a modului în care secretele vechi modelează prezentul. Este o alegere ideală pentru cei care apreciază proza contemporană britanică ce îmbină analiza psihologică fină cu o atmosferă de suspans domestic, oferind o experiență de lectură intensă și provocatoare.
Descriere
✨'A suspenseful thriller and a subtle portrait of domestic interactions, with a healthy dose of humour and hope offsetting its darker moments' HARPER'S BAZAAR ✨
✨'Bergstrom's prose has a rangy, off-the-cuff immediacy, as though you are reading what is happening from inside each character's skin' Daily Mail ✨
✨'A dark, deeply intimate exploration of sisterhood in all its messy, complex glory. Beautifully written and thoroughly compelling' Yomi Adegoke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List✨
✨'Sharply real and ethereal, as though reading this novel enters you into a deep dream-like state' Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestseller✨
✨'Selfish Girls is an outstanding novel, pithy and singular, gloriously dark and compelling, a must read!' Salena Godden, author of Mrs Death Misses Death✨
✨'Bergstrom is a new voice but sure to be an enduring one' Caroline O'Donoghue, Sunday Times bestseller ✨
✨'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 DAZED best summer read 2025✨
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.
Readers have fallen in love with Selfish Girls
'A must read, multigenerational family saga exploring trauma, love, hardship and identity. What Bergstrom has achieved here is outstanding. I can't recommend it highly enough'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review
'One of my most anticipated reads of the year . . . and it didn't disappoint. Bergstrom writes with such rawness and her characters have such vulnerability that you can't help but fall in love with them' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review
'Oh my god, she's done it again. It's exquisite. 10 out of 10. No notes . . . we're in our sad girl summer era, and this book is the perfect accompaniment' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review
'My, oh, my, what a book! Full of action and angst, this is not to be missed . . . absolutely fabulous!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review
'Harrowing and painful at times, but also beautiful' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review
Recenzii
I read this book obsessively, that's how much I adored it . . . a dark, messy and beautiful story about family, love and sisterhood
The story and characters felt both sharply real and ethereal at times, as though reading this novel enters you into a deep dream-like state. Complicated women, with all their intricate elements, are my favourite people to read about
Selfish Girls is an outstanding novel, pithy and singular, gloriously dark and compelling, a must read!
Sisterhood at its darkest and it's most beautiful - every time you think you understand, Bergstrom reveals a new, breathtaking layer
If anyone is qualified to write about what it means to be a young woman in Britain today, it's Abigail Bergstrom
One of the cleverest and boldest writers I've ever read
I'm not exaggerating when I say this is literally the best book I've read in YEARS. And that's coming from a Gen Z with the attention span of a cat with a laser
An exceptionally clever and moving portrait of the messy realities of sisterhood - it took my breath away
A dark, deeply intimate exploration of sisterhood in all it's messy, complex glory. Beautifully written and thoroughly compelling