Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor

Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up together in the Blue Mountains. They’ve always had a close – sometimes too close – friendship. Now in their twenties, Daphne is at university and Finn is working in the Mountains and falling in love with a beautiful newcomer called Magdu.

One fateful day, Finn, Daphne and Magdu go rock-climbing – and Magdu falls to her death. Is it suicide, a terrible accident – or something more sinister?

Bold, dramatic and utterly compelling, Girl Falling forces us to confront the stories we tell ourselves about the people we love. Displaying all of Hayley Scrivenor’s razor-sharp skills for character, landscape and narrative, this is a breathtaking read.

About the Author: Hayley Scrivenor is a former Director of Wollongong Writers Festival. Originally from a small country town, Hayley now lives and writes on Dharawal country and has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wollongong on the south coast of New South Wales. Dirt Town is her first novel. Her debut novel, Dirt Town, was a number-one bestseller and won multiple awards, including the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2023.

27 May 2025
 

Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor ISBN 9781761566868