Talking Aussie Books with Petronella McGovern

Petronella McGovern is a Sydney based author of three novels - all born of her fascination with people - what makes us tick, how we view the world and the lies we tell each other and ourselves. She exploded onto the literary scene with her brilliant debut, Six Minutes in 2019 and quickly followed it up with The Good Teacher in 2020. This year she’s back with another fabulous novel. A gripping, edge-of-your seat psychological suspense thriller that will have you flipping pages til the heart-stopping end. Published by Allen & Unwin, this is a novel that truly showed Petronella’s penchant for story-telling with its rich, multi-layered narrative along with its cracking pace. A book that takes a deep dive into some of Australia’s tragic secrets…as well as the experience of being a teenager in today’s society and whether things ever really change from one generation to the next. I was thrilled to welcome Petronella back to the podcast earlier this year.