Something Bad is Going to Happen

Jessie Stephens

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01 August 2024

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

'Jessie Stephens is a star' Lech Blaine

'Refreshingly honest, scarily funny and absurdly wise' Hayley Scrivenor

Adella is facing the dawn of a new year and the end of her twenties - and she's in a psychiatric unit recovering from a mental breakdown. A decade earlier, her life held such promise; she had every option in her hand. How did it come to this?

As we go back and walk with Adella through her twenties, she searches for her grand purpose through love, career and travel. At her side through the tumultuous highs and lows is her best friend, Jake, facing his own challenges and opportunities. They both know the future must have something better to offer - but why does it also always feel, in the bottom of their stomachs, as though something bad is going to happen?

Raw and revelatory, Something Bad is Going to Happen is a heart-stopping work from one of Australia's most exciting writers. Dealing with the weight young women bear through pressure, anxiety, rejection, this is a generation-defining novel - wise, vital, deeply compelling.

Praise for Something Bad is Going to Happen:

'I'm in awe of Jessie Stephens. She has managed to get down something important about the way we live now.' Hayley Scrivenor

'This is, at once, a breathless story you can't stop reading and a character study as shocking as it is universal. If you don't glimpse yourself in it for even a second, you were reading with your eyes closed.' Sally Hepworth

By: Jessie Stephens
Imprint: Pan
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 264g
ISBN: 9781761561801
ISBN 10: 1761561804
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jessie Stephens is a Sydney-based author, writer and podcaster. She's an Executive Editor at Mamamia and co-host of the podcasts Mamamia Out Loud and Cancelled. She is a regular on Channel 10's The Project and ABC radio and television, and her work has appeared in Body and Soul, Vogue, and LitHub. Her debut book, Heartsick, was an international bestseller. Her debut novel is Something Bad is Going to Happen.