Selfish Girls

<p>✨'I read this book obsessively, that's how much I adored it . . . a dark, messy and beautiful story about family, love and sisterhood'<b> <i>STYLIST</i></b>✨<br><br>✨'A suspenseful thriller and a subtle portrait of domestic interactions, with a healthy dose of humour and hope offsetting its darker moments'<b> <i>HARPER'S BAZAAR</i></b> ✨<br><br>✨'Bergstrom's prose has a rangy, off-the-cuff immediacy, as though you are reading what is happening from inside each character's skin' <b><i>Daily Mail</i></b> ✨ <br> <b><br>✨</b>'A dark, deeply intimate exploration of sisterhood in all its messy, complex glory. Beautifully written and thoroughly compelling' <b>Yomi Adegoke, <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The List</i>✨<br><br>✨</b>'Sharply real and ethereal, as though reading this novel enters you into a deep dream-like state' <b>Emma Gannon, <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller✨ <br><br></b><b>✨</b>'<i>Selfish Girls</i> is an outstanding novel, pithy and singular, gloriously dark and compelling, a must read!'<b> Salena Godden, author of </b><i>Mrs Death Misses Death</i><b>✨<br></b><br>✨'Bergstrom is a new voice but sure to be an enduring one'<b> Caroline O'Donoghue, <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller</b> ✨<br><br><b> ✨</b>'If anyone is qualified to write about what it means to be a young woman in Britain today, it's Abigail Bergstrom' <i><b>Sunday Times</b></i>✨ <br><br><b>✨a <i>DAZED </i>best summer read 2025</b>✨ <br> <b><br>NOTHING HURTS LIKE FAMILY.</b><br><br><b>Ines </b>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.<br><br><b>Gwen </b>is elated that her prodigal daughter has returned.<br><br><b>Dylan </b>is still licking her wounds from a rejection she can't forget.<br><br>And <b>Emma </b>is quietly suffocating in the perfect marriage she wanted so badly.<br><br>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...<br><br><b>Uninhibited, claustrophobic and emotionally complex<i>, Selfish Girls</i> 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.<br></b><br><b><h2>Readers have fallen in love with <i>Selfish Girls</i></h2><br>'A must read, multigenerational family saga </b>exploring trauma, love, hardship and identity. What Bergstrom has achieved here is outstanding.<b> I can't recommend it highly enough'</b>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review<br><br>'<b>One of my most anticipated reads of the year</b> . . . and it didn't disappoint. <b>Bergstrom writes with such rawness </b>and her characters have such vulnerability that you can't help but fall in love with them' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review<br><br>'Oh my god, she's done it again. It's exquisite. <b>10 out of 10. No notes . . . we're in our sad girl summer era, and this book is the perfect accompaniment</b>' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review<br><br>'<b>My, oh, my, what a book</b>! Full of action and angst, this is not to be missed . . . <b>absolutely fabulous!</b>' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review <br><br>'Harrowing and painful at times, but also <b>beautiful</b>' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review</p>