The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay

Rebecca Sparrow

Jul 2013 · Univ. of Queensland Press

About this ebook

Bubble skirts. Transvision Vamp. Corkscrew perms. ‘21 Jump Street’.

It's 1989 and Rachel Hill is the girl most likely to succeed. And the girl most likely to have everything under control ... that is, until her father invites the moody Nick McGowan to live with them. With the help of her best friend Zoe, Rachel battens down the hatches in preparation for Nick McGowan to move into her old bedroom and into her life.

Nick immediately labels Rachel as uptight. With bad taste in music. Rachel immediately labels Nick a no-hoper. With a bad attitude.

But it's a secret from Nick's past that will draw them together and make the year Nick McGowan came to stay one that Rachel will never forget.

From the bestselling author of The Girl Most Likely.

About the author

Rebecca Sparrow has earned a living selling touch lamps, working as a nanny, a travel writer, a television publicist, a marketing executive, a magazine editor, a television scriptwriter, a newspaper columnist and a secret shopper (once). Rebecca’s first novel, The Girl Most Likely, was published in 2003 and is currently in development to be turned into a feature film. Her second novel, The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay, was published in 2006 and debuted as a stage play in 2007. Her third novel, Joel & Cat Set the Story Straight, was co-written with Nick Earls and published in 2007. Her fourth book, Find Your Tribe (and 9 other things I wish I’d known in high school), was published in March 2010. The sequel, Find Your Feet (the 8 things I wish I’d known before I left high school), will be published in September 2013. Rebecca currently writes a weekly column for www.mamamia.com.au. She lives in Brisbane with her family. For more information about Rebecca, visit www.rebeccasparrow.com.