Unexpected Mess of It All

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A very funny and fraught 'enemies-to-will-they-won't-they' romance between family friends Jamila and Billy.

Jamila Dakhoul wants to escape her life.

Forget everything.

Forget that her only friends are strangers on the internet.

Forget that she's stuck in a caravan after a fire destroyed her family's house.

Forget that Year 12 is a brutal hellhole where bullying is an Olympic sport.

Forget Billy Radcliffe once and for all.

But as Jamila tries to untangle the messy threads of her life on a weekend away with her family, it becomes clear that she can't outrun her past, no matter how hard she tries ...

A coming-of-age story about falling apart, starting over, and the people and places you can't live without from the award-winning author of Remind Me How This Ends, Can't Say it Went to Plan and The Intern.

AWARDS
Winner - ACT Literary Awards 2025 (YA Fiction)
Shortlisted - 2025 ACT Literary Awards

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781460761441
Published: May 2024

Number of pages: 352
Width: 130 mm
Height: 199 mm
Depth: 22 mm

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd