Good Me Bad Me (SIGNED LIMITED 1st Edition)

Land Ali

ISBN 10: 0718182928 / ISBN 13: 9780718182922

Published by Michael Joseph in Association With Goldsboro Books, London, 2017

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, FIRST Impression with the correct Printer's Key - 001 . The Book is NEW and Unread / Unused - A FINE, SQUARE, TIGHT NEW UNMARKED copy. The book has has been SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR directly on to the title page and is numbered (649 of 1000) by means of a Limitation Title page. Apart from the Authors' signature, the book is unmarked with clean pages and has clean sprayed gold page fore-edges to the page block. The Dustjacket is very fine, unfaded, unclipped (£20.00) and is free of any tears or marks having been covered with a clear, removable, chemically inert, protective wrapper directly it arrived. Also included is a Penguin/Goldsboro promotional Bookmark dated 12. 01.17. A NEW First Edition, First Printing - Limited Edition Signed by the Author. "NEW NAME. NEW FAMILY. SHINY. NEW. ME. Annie's mother is a serial killer. The only way she can make it stop is to hand her in to the police. But out of sight is not out of mind. As her mother's trial looms, the secrets of her past won't let Annie sleep, even with a new foster family and name - Milly. A fresh start. Now, surely, she can be whoever she wants to be. But Milly's mother is a serial killer. And blood is thicker than water. Good Me, Bad Me. She is, after all, her mother's daughter." . See Images. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author 1st Signed Limited Edition; First Printing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good Me Bad Me (SIGNED LIMITED 1st Edition)
• Publisher: Michael Joseph in Association With Goldsboro Books, London
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718182928
• ISBN 13: 9780718182922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime Fiction & Thrillers. True Crime
  • Signed &/or Limited Edns
  • Modern 1st Editions
  • Fiction

About this title

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