A sexy, romantic, queer, epic literary novel for all readers by the award-winning author of the internationally acclaimed bestsellerĀ Green Dot.
Books about friendship are not often described as love stories, but this is one.
Nell Argall and Eve Bowman are both brilliant, odd and friendless. Traumatised in their first year of high school, their lives are changed forever when they meet.
Set in Sydney over eighteen years,Ā Chosen FamilyĀ follows Nell and Eve as they grow into themselves, as they both love and destroy each other. From school, to university, to careers, to motherhood, Nellās and Eveās is a relationship that is a life-raft that is also a poison apple that is also a Medusan stare, frozen in time.
Together, Nell and Eve are a double helix. Love, guilt, shame, joy ā these emotions twist and turn between them. Can the wounds of adolescent betrayal ever really heal? Can we ever really understand what is going on in someone elseās head? And whatās love got to do, got to do with it?
'Warning: Clear your schedule for the all-consuming read.'Ā Books+Publishing
Published October 28, 2025