The Girls from Corona Del Mar

Rufi Thorpe Press Reviews

'This debut from Rufi Thorpe grips immediately, with the sharp compelling pressure of a friend grabbing your hand in pain ... a brilliantly written, probing, uneasy look at a damaged friendship between two women.' Independent on Sunday

'Observant, sometimes funny and continuously thought-provoking, the novel delves into the meaning of friendship, motherhood, freedom, truth and lies.' Daily Mail

'The Girls From Corona del Mar is a knockout of a debut novel ... Her worldly, rambunctious, feminist, morally interrogative prose style galvanizes -every episode with smart, almost cosmic insights, tough talk, elegiac moments of love, dumb wonder, and, of course, further tragic events. Elle Her depiction of female friendship is engaging and sharply observed ... Seldom has Schadenfreude been more appetisingly packaged.' New Statesman

'Rufi Thorpe's open-hearted, open-eyed debut tells the engrossing story of a long friendship between two complex women and investigates the unpredictable, often baffling ways that luck shapes all of our lives. Generous, soulful, and tough.' -- Maggie Shipstead, bestselling author of SEATING ARRANGEMENTS