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Heatstroke : the dark, compulsive debut you won't be able to forget - Hazel Barkworth

Heatstroke

the dark, compulsive debut you won't be able to forget

By: Hazel Barkworth

Paperback | 29 October 2024 | Edition Number 1

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Do you remember the summer that changed everything?

Rachel and her daughter have never had secrets. Until now.

Lily is somewhere she shouldn't be. With someone she shouldn't be with.

Mia misses her best friend. But she let her down.

In the middle of a stifling heatwave, the three of them stand on the edge of irrevocable change. By the end, one burning question will remain... how could she let things go this far?

A provocative debut novel for fans of Zoe Heller, Emma Cline, Expectation and My Dark Vanessa.

About the Author

Hazel grew up in Stirlingshire and North Yorkshire before studying English at Oxford. She then moved to London where she spent her days working as a cultural consultant, and her nights dancing in a pop band at glam rock clubs. Hazel is a graduate of both the Oxford University MSt in Creative Writing and the Curtis Brown Creative Novel-Writing course. She now works in Oxford, where she lives with her partner. Heatstroke is her first novel.
Industry Reviews
Barkworth is excruciatingly good at encapsulating that point in life where Mia and Lily stand - on the edge of growing up - Observer

Gripping and intensely atmospheric... beautifully explores the complicated relationship between mothers and teenage daughters... you won't want to put this down - Heat

Dark and unsettling - Red

A bold and beautifully written novel of desire and danger - Mail on Sunday

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