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We Were Never Friends

‘A compelling and authentic journey into the heart of a suburban Australian family. What is art? What’s true courage? I could not put it down.’ —Melissa Ashley,

bestselling author of THE BIRDMAN’S WIFE

Lotti lives under the shadow of a genius: her father George Coates is a brilliant and celebrated Australian painter.

When Lotti meets the outcast waif Kyla at a suburban Canberra school, two worlds are set to collide. Slowly Kyla is drawn into the orbit of the Coates family. Or is it the other way around?

As Lotti and Kyla navigate their way towards adulthood, dark secrets start to unravel, with devastating consequences...

WE WERE NEVER FRIENDS is unforgettable novel about friendship, the pursuit of a creative life and the legacies we leave behind.

‘Margaret Bearman’s intimate, unsettling novel of family dysfunction perfectly captures the ambivalent passions of girlhood while offering an incisive critique

of the cult of artistic genius. Sharp and subtle at the same time, refusing any easy certainties, WE WERE NEVER FRIENDS is a haunting portrait of the human

capacity for cruelty and love in equal measure.’ —Kirsten Tranter, bestselling author of THE LEGACY

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 320
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781922267139
  • Genres
  • contemporary
  • Release date
  • 2020