Them Girls

Eva Verde

From Shelf: Books Read for Pleasure 2025

The stunning new novel from the author of Lives Like Mine and In Bloom, Them Girls is raw, bold and immediate and deals with themes of identity, class and the corruption of power, in particular in the music industry.

Two sisters, a lifetime of secrets, and the chance to set the record straight...

Meet Goldie and Vee: sisters, dreamers, grafters. In their forties, both appear to have it all... Until Goldie finds the courage to leave Benedict. Once upon a time their faux marriage worked, but when the magnetic Wolfie comes on the scene, her world of pretending falls apart. Vee's neat world is spiraling, too. Since her ex-husband Jamie started dating Julia her cruel school bully, Vee's long-buried insecurities are out of control. She needs to get away, and fast. So when Goldie suggests a holiday in France, Vee leaps at the idea. A curiously well-timed invitation - just as speculations around Goldie's brilliantly brief pop career back in the nineties are beginning to resurface. Escaping's one thing, but nothing stays secret forever, and as Vee and Goldie's unresolved pasts make surprise returns, the stories them girls once told themselves begin to look very different...A raw and real portrayal of two sisters, the lives they left behind and the lives they want to lead, Them Girls is bold and immediate and deals with themes of identity, class and the corruption of power . . .