The Girls of Summer
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Publisher Description
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'That place has been my whole life. Everything I thought I knew about myself was constructed in those few months I spent within touching distance of the sea. Everything I am is because Alistair loved me.'
Rachel has been in love with Alistair since she was seventeen. Even though she hasn't seen him for sixteen years and she's now married to someone else. Even though she was a teenager when they met. Even though he is twenty years older than her. She's found it impossible to forget their summer together on a remote, sun-trapped Greek island. Until now.
When Rachel unexpectedly reconnects with a girl that she knew back then, she is forced to re-examine her memories of that golden summer and confront the truth about her relationship with Alistair and about her time working for an enigmatic and wealthy man on the island. And when Alistair returns, the pull of the past could prove impossible to resist...
The Girls of Summer is a compulsive and searching exploration of the complicated nature of memory and trauma, power and consent, victimhood and shame.
© Katie Bishop 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
An intoxicating—and horrendously toxic—relationship sits at the heart of Katie Bishop’s excellent debut novel. Seventeen-year-old Rachel first meets thirtysomething Alistair while Greek island hopping, and the pair soon embark on a torrid affair that threatens to capsize her entire life. Years later, a married Rachel starts to understand the truth about Alistair’s sordid dealings and manipulative behaviour, and pops open the emotional stitches—thus unleashing the horrifying scale of the abuse she endured. Bishop skilfully dissects Alistair’s abuse of power and paints a devastating—but ultimately moving and very powerful—picture of a woman battling to make sense of her ordeal and rebuild her life.