The Whole of My World

An unputdownable novel for anyone who s ever loved or lost, drawn a line between then and now, or kept a secret that wouldn t stay hidden . . . 'Today I am free. No guilt for who s missing, what s been left behind. My face aches from smiling in the wind and my voice rasps from all the screaming, and I know that it s been forever since I ve felt so completely alive.' Desperate to escape her grieving father and harbouring her own terrible secret, Shelley disappears into the intoxicating world of Aussie Rules football. Joining a motley crew of footy tragics and, best of all, making friends with one of the star players Shelley finds somewhere to belong. Finally she s winning. So why don t her friends get it? Josh, who she s known all her life, but who she can barely look at anymore because of the memories of that fateful day. Tara, whose cold silences Shelley can t understand. Everyone thinks there s something more going on between Shelley and Mick. But there isn t is there? When the whole of your world is football, sometimes life gets lost between goals.