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The Golden Child - A Novel

Wendy James

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

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Summary

A cunning, page-turning psychological thriller with a surprising final twist that was shortlisted for Australia's Ned Kelly Award in 2017
This is the author's US mainstream debut.
A domestic  thriller that follows a mommy blogger grappling with the realization that her beloved daughter may have bullied a classmate online until she attempts suicide. The Golden Child is told from the alternating perspectives of the bully, the victim, and both their mothers, interspersed with blog posts and social media exchanges. 
The Australian edition is currently a top 5 seller on Amazon Australia. 
Wendy James has written seven books including The Mistake which was a bestseller in Australia. Her debut novel, Out of Silence won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award for first crime novel, and was shortlisted for the Nita May Dobbie Award for women's writing. 
For fans of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies and Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap, The Golden Child plays with modern-day specters of selfies, online bullying, and the anxieties of both motherhood and girlhood. The story also offers a thought-provoking examination of the gulf between the virtual and the real as we construct our online lives.
Available since: 10/02/2018.

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