The Girls I've Been

A captivating, explosive, and satisfyingly queer thriller - KirkusThe Girls I’ve Been is unlike anything I’ve read before: immediate, gripping, incredibly tense, heart-breaking, heart-warming and FUN! The hot-red suspense of both Nora’s past and the unfolding robbery at the bank had me racing through the chapters to find out what happens. This brilliant, thrilling, twisty book held me hostage until the very last page. - Holly JacksonGrifters! Secret identities! Death-defying escapes! The Girls I’ve Been is a powerful gut-punch of a book that will leave you reeling long after its final pages. I couldn’t put it down! - Chelsea Pitcher‘Slick, stylish and full of suspense - Sophie McKenzieOh my god, I could hardly breathe until I finished. The tension! Absolutely loved it. - Emily BarrFiercely captivating and impressively characterized, this tightly plotted thriller is engrossing from start to finish. - Booklist[A] romance, a tragedy and a story about reclaiming agency and power. It is a triumph. - BookPage

Born in a mountain cabin to a punk rocker mother, Tess Sharpe grew up in rural Northern California. She lives deep in the backwoods with a pack of dogs and a growing cabal of slightly feral cats. FAR FROM YOU was her debut novel.