The golden child
Subtitle: a novel
By: Wendy James
Edition: First North American edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781510737914
Subjects: Bullying; Families; Teenagers; Fiction
Description: Can bad children happen to good mothers? A totally absorbing novel, for readers of Liane Moriarty, Lionel Shriver and Christos Tsiolkas. Blogger Lizzy's life is buzzing, happy, normal. Two gorgeous children, a handsome husband, destiny under control. For her real-life alter-ego Beth, things are unravelling. Tensions are simmering with her husband, mother-in-law and even her own mother. Her teenage daughters, once the objects of her existence, have moved beyond her grasp and one of them has shown signs of, well, thoughtlessness ... Then a classmate of one daughter is callously bullied and the finger of blame is pointed at Beth's clever, beautiful child. Shattered, shamed and frightened, two families must negotiate worlds of cruelty they are totally ill-equipped for.
Notes: "First published 2017 in Australia by HarperCollins"--Title page verso.