We're Not Us Without You
By (Author) Christine Keighery
Ultimo Press
Ultimo Press
29th April 2025
Australia
General
Fiction
Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Paperback
304
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
410g
Four friends. One secret. And the cult that could burn them all.
High school friends Lani, Tinker, Maya and Stig were inseparable until an unthinkable act shook the group. Now in their thirties, three of the friends are still close while Stig has disappeared completely, unable to face what happened in high school. With Lanis wedding fast approaching, she is determined to bring the group back together. This leads them to a spiritual retreat where Stig has been living off-the-grid, and to Stigs enigmatic partner or leader Acharya.
Is it too late to save Stig from himself And will bringing him back into the fold threaten the silence that has been keeping them safe all these years
PRAISE FOR WERE NOT US WITHOUT YOU
A darkly compelling and addictive drama about the ties of friendship and the dangers of blind belief. Christine Gregory, author ofThe Community
Christine Keighery (who also writes as Chrissie Perry) is the author of more than thirty-five novels for children and young adults. Christine wrote thirteen books in the hugely successfulGo Girl!Series. Her YA title,Whisper, won a White Raven and IBBY award and was shortlisted for the CBCA and the WA Premiers Awards. Her work has been published in ten countries, including the US, UK, Spain, Brazil, Slovenia and Korea. Her first novel for adults, The Half Brother,won the 2024 Davitt Award for the Best Debut Crime Book. Were Not Us Without You is her second novel. Christine divides her time between coastal Fairhaven and Southbank, Victoria.