Higher Education

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'Funny, sharp and tender, McPherson brings great insight to the struggle to reconcile where weve come from with who we want to be.'Diana Reid

Theres who she is, where shes from, and who she could become.

Sam is struggling to find her place at university. There are so many parts of her that dont seem to fither family doesnt understand her new life, and her new friends dont know the secrets that she carries with her: the sudden death of her father, her brothers trouble with the law, and her sense that she feels things that make her different.

That changes when a lecturer introduces Sam to Julia, his charming wife and a corporate lawyer who agrees to mentor Sam through law school. Their closeness provides a way for Sam to understand who she is, and who she wants to become.

With time, this unspools into a dynamic of mutual preoccupation and boundary crossing, as they navigate their feelings for one another, the appropriateness of their relationship, and where it might be heading.

Higher Education is a story about identity, intellectualism and class, and the transformative power of education from an exceptional new voice in Australian literary fiction.

Praise forHigher Education
'Higher Education is brilliantly sharp, comedic and insightful comment on class and growing up. This highly accomplished debut, from an author to watch, is a book for everyones to-read lists for 2023.'Sara Jafari, author of The Mismatch

'Intelligent and funny, a book about being young and feeling old, and feeling smart and being dumb. Higher Education is an outsider story with a twist, a millennial novel with a playful quality as it subverts expectations. Beautiful, sharp writing about desire and confusion.'Jarred McGinnis,author of The Coward

'Higher Education is a stimulating, witty and life-enhancing read.McPherson navigates the nuances between societal expectations and reality. Her characters remain with you, and the slow reveal of people and their privacies is a gift in McPherson's writing.'Tice Cin, author of Keeping the House

Author Bio

Kira grew up in Perth, Western Australia and now lives in London. Her work has been published inWesterly, theStockholm Review of Literatureand theLondon Short Story Prize Anthology. In 2018 she received a London Writers Award.Higher Educationis her first novel.