West Girls

West Girls

Woollett, Laura Elizabeth

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'I chose the jagged rocks, the broken bones, the spattered brains. I chose beauty. I'd choose it again.'

Luna Lewis is white. But her friends aren't, nor are her brothers, nor her one-time Princess of Indonesia-finalist stepmother. After transforming from pudgy preteen to 'exotic' beauty, Luna reinvents herself as 'Luna Lu' and takes her ticket out of the most isolated city on earth. However, as her international modelling career approaches its expiry date, Luna must grapple with what she's sacrificed - and who she's become - in her mission to conquer the world.

Featuring an intersecting cast of glamour-hungry public schoolgirls, WAGs, mining heiresses, backpacker-barmaids, and cosmetic nurses, West Girls examines beauty, race, class divisions, and social mobility in Australia's richest state. It's also a devastating catalogue of the myriad, inventive ways in which women love and hurt one another.



Praise for The Newcomer-
'The Newcomer is a dark and disturbing novel, speaking to some of the most troubling aspects of contemporary Australian society. As in Beautiful Revolutionary, Woollett's prose is delicate and brutal in equal measure, offering an intimate portrait of a small and tight-knit community. With a fast-paced narrative and a complex central character, this is a searing exploration of sexual violence and victimhood, taking forward important conversations within our national psyche.'
-Catherine Noske, author of The Salt Madonna

Praise for The Newcomer-
'Laura Elizabeth Woollett has done it again. The Newcomer pulls you in from its eerie opening and drags you along with intriguing characters and beautifully wrought prose. As the mystery deepens, you begin to realise things are never clear-cut, and everybody is guilty of something. A cautionary tale inspired by true events by one of my favourite authors. Read this book now.'
-JP Pomare, author of Call Me Evie

Praise for The Newcomer-
'Woollett convincingly and devastatingly evokes the everyday misogyny of the world her characters inhabit. This is a world in which even apparently friendly exchanges are laced with an acrid antipathy towards women and girls, one in which women are blamed for the male violence that they're subject to ... Politics and fiction haven't always been an easy combination, but they are here ... Throughout the novel, Woollett provides a sensitive and refreshingly unjudgmental insight into the lives of her two female protagonists ... and her eye for dialogue and character development is impeccable.'
-Jay Daniel Thompson, Australian Book Review

Author:   Woollett, Laura Elizabeth
Publisher:   Scribe Publications
ISBN:  

9781922585905


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 August 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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'I chose the jagged rocks, the broken bones, the spattered brains. I chose beauty. I'd choose it again.'

Luna Lewis is white. But her friends aren't, nor are her brothers, nor her one-time Princess of Indonesia-finalist stepmother. After transforming from pudgy preteen to 'exotic' beauty, Luna reinvents herself as 'Luna Lu' and takes her ticket out of the most isolated city on earth. However, as her international modelling career approaches its expiry date, Luna must grapple with what she's sacrificed - and who she's become - in her mission to conquer the world.

Featuring an intersecting cast of glamour-hungry public schoolgirls, WAGs, mining heiresses, backpacker-barmaids, and cosmetic nurses, West Girls examines beauty, race, class divisions, and social mobility in Australia's richest state. It's also a devastating catalogue of the myriad, inventive ways in which women love and hurt one another.



Praise for The Newcomer-
'The Newcomer is a dark and disturbing novel, speaking to some of the most troubling aspects of contemporary Australian society. As in Beautiful Revolutionary, Woollett's prose is delicate and brutal in equal measure, offering an intimate portrait of a small and tight-knit community. With a fast-paced narrative and a complex central character, this is a searing exploration of sexual violence and victimhood, taking forward important conversations within our national psyche.'
-Catherine Noske, author of The Salt Madonna

Praise for The Newcomer-
'Laura Elizabeth Woollett has done it again. The Newcomer pulls you in from its eerie opening and drags you along with intriguing characters and beautifully wrought prose. As the mystery deepens, you begin to realise things are never clear-cut, and everybody is guilty of something. A cautionary tale inspired by true events by one of my favourite authors. Read this book now.'
-JP Pomare, author of Call Me Evie

Praise for The Newcomer-
'Woollett convincingly and devastatingly evokes the everyday misogyny of the world her characters inhabit. This is a world in which even apparently friendly exchanges are laced with an acrid antipathy towards women and girls, one in which women are blamed for the male violence that they're subject to ... Politics and fiction haven't always been an easy combination, but they are here ... Throughout the novel, Woollett provides a sensitive and refreshingly unjudgmental insight into the lives of her two female protagonists ... and her eye for dialogue and character development is impeccable.'
-Jay Daniel Thompson, Australian Book Review

Product Details
Author:   Woollett, Laura Elizabeth
Publisher:   Scribe Publications
ISBN:  

9781922585905


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 August 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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