In Bloom

'Part Virgin Suicides, part Veronica Mars' Louise Hegarty, author of Fair Play
'Electric. Bubbling with rage and yearning' Guardian
'A propulsive coming-of-age story' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review
'Raw, grungy and frenetic' Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller
'Full of heart, anger and grunge' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review In the town of St Vincent, everyone knows everyone else's business. So when Lily Lucid accuses the beloved high school music teacher Mr P of sexual assault, rumours swirl and lines are drawn. On one side: Lily's former friends - the fiercely loyal girls who immediately set out to prove their teacher's innocence. On the other: all the adults who have already written them off as a lost cause.
The girls will stop at nothing to hold onto their dream of escaping their small, run-down town, their desperate mothers and absent fathers - and Lily's accusation threatens it all.
But how far out of control can they spin before there's no turning back?

Liz Allan is an Australian writer and teacher living and working in the UK. Her short story, 'Our Voices, Fierce' was awarded the Rachel Funari Prize for fiction in 2018 and her stories have been shortlisted and longlisted for numerous other awards.