Good Me Bad Me: The Richard & Judy Book Club thriller 2017

Ali Land

ISBN 10: 0718182928 / ISBN 13: 9780718182922

Published by Michael Joseph/Penguin Books, 2017

About this Item

Hardcover with mylar covered dust jacket which are both in near fine condition. Pages clean and unmarked. Top, bottom and fore edges are all dyed gold. This is a One of 1,000copies signed by the author 687/1000. First Edition.

Translated into over 20 languages, this book is a tour de force. In its narrator, Milly Barnes, we have a voice to be reckoned with, and in its author Ali Land, an extraordinary new talent.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good Me Bad Me: The Richard & Judy Book Club thriller 2017
• Publisher: Michael Joseph/Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718182928
• ISBN 13: 9780718182922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 3.2W x 16.2H x 24D centimeters 3.2 centimeters width by 16.2 centimeters height by 24 centimeters depth
• Weight: 605 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Good Me Bad Me is dark, compelling, voice-driven psychological suspense by debut author Ali Land.

How far does the apple really fall from the tree?

Milly's mother is a serial killer. Though Milly loves her mother, the only way to make her stop is to turn her in to the police. Milly is given a fresh start: a new identity, a home with an affluent foster family, and a spot at an exclusive private school.

But Milly has secrets, and life at her new home becomes complicated. As her mother's trial looms, with Milly as the star witness, Milly starts to wonder how much of her is nature, how much of her is nurture, and whether she is doomed to turn out like her mother after all.

When tensions rise and Milly feels trapped by her shiny new life, she has to decide: Will she be good? Or is she bad? She is, after all, her mother's daughter.

Review

An Amazon Best Book of September 2017: Who hasn’t wanted to do a very bad thing? Fifteen-year-old Milly battles these urges daily, but she not only has the desire to be wicked; she’s had the training to make her impulses reality. The daughter of a female serial killer who preyed on young children, Milly was raised in a nightmare of abuse and butchery. By turning in her mother to the police, Milly has escaped. But has she really?

Debut author Ali Land is devious: She only hints at the horrors Milly experienced, forcing the reader to fill in the gaps. A brief scene in which Milly dissects a pig heart in biology class includes the chilling, almost throwaway line, “I know a lot about a person’s insides.” Milly wants her “good me” aspect to win, but relentless bullying at school, her unhealthy friendship with another lost teen, and the pressure of testifying against her mother gnaw at Milly, allowing her darker instincts to ooze through her defenses. Your own impulses will veer between wanting to protect Milly and dreading what she’s capable of. Readers will have differing reactions to the ending, so when you’ve finished Good Me Bad Me, swiftly hand it over to a friend so you can unravel the conclusion together. —Adrian Liang, Amazon Book Review