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'When Jen and Andeep downsize to a beautiful, little bluestone house in Ballarat, they don t expect to be followed by their spatting twenty-something daughters, Asha and Camille. Soon the family is living on top of each other and tensions simmer. As the parents focus increasingly on themselves, the girls become isolated, argumentative and violent. When Asha injures Camille, a family therapist is called in, but she shrugs off the escalating violence as a classic case of sibling rivalry and the stress of the family move.
'But this is no ordinary sibling rivalry. These sisters are too far gone for that
'Chilling and darkly funny, Keep Her Sweet is a tense psychological thriller and a startling look at the bonds sisters share or shatter.' (Publication summary)
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- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Keep Her Sweet by Helen Fitzgerald Review – a Thriller Packed with Monsters and Misery
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 8 July 2022;
— Review of Keep Her Sweet 2022 single work novel 'This compelling page-turner follows a therapist who delights in her clients’ crises – but the tension breaks when plausibility is stretched too far.'
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Keep Her Sweet by Helen Fitzgerald Review – a Thriller Packed with Monsters and Misery
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 8 July 2022;
— Review of Keep Her Sweet 2022 single work novel 'This compelling page-turner follows a therapist who delights in her clients’ crises – but the tension breaks when plausibility is stretched too far.'
Awards
- 2023 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- Ballarat, Ballarat area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,