Dead Ends

By Samantha Byres

All-round chaos merchant Nell Jenkins has returned to her small hometown to fulfil family duties for the mother and brother she's barely seen since she escaped as a teen. But her homecoming isn't the triumph it should be. She has nothing to show for her time in Sydney but a string of failed relationships and an ongoing HR complaint against her ex-girlfriend, now former boss. Settling right back into old habits, Nell finds herself sparking a relationship with her dead best friend's brother Mick, as well as the newly arrived (and equally unreliable) Katya, who's working for the once-famous TV psychic Petronella Bush. Driven by her lust for Katya, an empty bank account and the need to come to terms with two life-defining deaths from her past, Nell is drawn into Petronella's charismatic web. Dead Ends is a beguiling, big-hearted portrait of love and loss, and the bad decisions we make in their wake.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702269115
• ISBN13: 9780702269110
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"