Girl Falling, Hayley Scrivenor
Girl Falling, Hayley Scrivenor
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Girl Falling
A Novel

Author: Hayley Scrivenor

Narrator: Sophie Loughran

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/11/2025


Synopsis

The USA Today bestselling, Lambda Award–winning author of Dirt Creek is back with a woman’s story of the aftermath of the climbing incident that killed her girlfriend—and getting to the truth. This program features a bonus conversation between the author and Irish novelist Dervla McTiernan.

Torn between her girlfriend, Magdu, and her best friend, Daphne, Finn is looking forward to a day of rock climbing and bonding for the three women on the soaring cliffs near their Australian town. But nothing goes as she planned, and in a horrific accident, Magdu falls to her death.

Rocked by grief, Finn tries to pinpoint where it all went wrong. Did Magdu die because of Finn’s friendship with overbearing Daphne, who has never wanted Finn to change or leave her? Can Finn trace it all the way back to the tragic childhood loss of her sister? What about Magdu’s family, who would never have accepted their relationship?

When the police suspect foul play in Magdu’s death, Finn begins to search for the shocking truth about her relationships and what has been in front of her all along. Beautifully written by the #1 internationally bestselling, Lammy Award–winning Hayley Scrivenor, Girl Falling is a beautiful love story, a tender meditation on grief, and a searing tale of just how much our lies can cost us.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

About Hayley Scrivenor

Hayley Scrivenor is the USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of Dirt Creek and Girl Falling. Dirt Creek, Scrivenor’s debut novel, won the Lammy Award for Best LGBTQ+ Mystery and the ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and was a Barry Award and ITW Thriller Award Nominee for Best First Novel. Hayley now lives and writes on Dharawal country and has a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Wollongong on the south coast of Australia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Suz on November 22, 2024

2.5⭐️ I find it hard to gel with books which I do not like any of the characters, this happened here. There was no one to like. So I struggled. The girl drama, the meanness, the lack of foresight into the main character's relationship with her friend, and the ick factor of people who are not kind, jus......more

I am a bit disappointed by this book. I really enjoyed most of it. It was well on its way to being 4 stars, possibly 5. There was the right amount of tension that was held almost perfectly... until the last few pages. Well developed characters that were consistent with the story being told.... until th......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on August 29, 2024

This is a complex psychological story by a writer who had to be courageous as well as clever to make it work. The tale is carefully woven together so that the seams and frays don't show, a layering of events past and present, truths and truths believed. Scrivenor has set herself a complicated (and c......more

Goodreads review by Alex on August 05, 2024

The “twist” seemed like such a let down and I felt like it came from no where?......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on November 14, 2024

3.5* Girl Falling follows protagonist Finlay (Finn) Young, a national parks guide, over the traumatic week following the death of her girlfriend, Magdu, who fell while climbing a rocky escarpment in New South Wales' Blue Mountains. Flashback portions reveal details from Finn's life as a teenager and......more