Emily O'Beirne

Nineteen-year-old Claire Pearson knows she needs a life and some new friends. But brittle, beautiful, and just a little bit too sassy for her own good sometimes, she no longer makes friends easily. And she has no clue where to start on the whole finding a life front, either. Not after a confidence-shattering year dogged by bad break-ups, friends who have become strangers, and her constant failure to meet her parents sky-high expectations. When Robbie and Mia walk into Claire's workplace, they seem the least likely people to help her find a life. But despite Claire's initial attempts to alienate them, an unexpected new friendship develops. And it's the warm, brilliant Mia who seems to get Claire like no one has before. Soon, Claire begins to question her feelings for her new friend.

A Story of Now

Finn and Willa have been picked as leaders in the camp game. Finn doesn't know what's throwing her more, the fact she's leading a team of unenthusiastic overachievers or coming up against Willa. And Willa doesn't know which is harder, leaving her responsibilities behind or opening up to someone.

Future Leaders of Nowhere

In the sequel to A Story of Now, Claire Pearson has already learned a few things this summer. Like falling for a girl is easy. Well, it is if that girl is Mia. What Claire hasn't learned yet is that now comes the hard part: learning to trust in this new relationship. And that isn't easy when no one has ever given you a reason to trust before. Then there's the pressing question of what to do with her life. Claire's new volunteer job working with kids offers a glimpse of a potential future, but it definitely isn't something her pushy mother is going to like. Still, everything feels hopeful as she embarks on the next chapter of her life, armed with new friends and the warm and funny Mia. But Claire quickly discovers that negotiating this new terrain of adulthood isn't easy. Over the rest of this momentous summer, the biggest lesson Claire must learn is how not to let anything get in the way of her happiness. Especially herself.

The Sum of These Things

Friends Kit and Liza have been looking forward to this trip forever. Five girls, five tickets overseas. It's exactly what they all need after the final slog of high school. But when Kit is suddenly forced to drop out, Liza's left with three girls she barely knows. There's Mai, committed only to partying. There's Tam, who already has her doubts about leaving her sick father behind. And there's Olivia, so miserable about screwing up exams she's not even sure she wants to get out of bed, let alone on a plane. All Liza wants from this trip is to discover a new version of herself. She just hadn't planned on doing it without Kit by her side. And they're all learning that travel isn't just about the places you go, but about who you're with at the time.

Point of Departure

In this sequel to "Future Leaders of Nowhere", Finn and Willa come home from camp to find everything is different. Even as they grow more sure of their feelings for each other, everything around them feels less certain.When Finn gets involved in a new community project, she's forced to question where her priorities lie at school. Meanwhile, her dad has moved interstate, her mother is miserable, and her home feels like a ghost town.Willa's discovering how to navigate the terrains of romance and new school friendships when an accident at home reminds her just how tenuous her family situation is. Suddenly, even with her dad in town, she's shouldering more responsibility than ever.As they try to navigate these new worlds together, Finn's learning she has to figure out what she wants, and Willa how to ask for what she needs.

All the Ways to Here

Here's the Thing

A contemporary coming-of-age lesbian novel about discovering who you want to be and finding how to live with your past-without repeating it. City girl Luce May's first year out of high school has been the worst. When she escapes her turbulent life in Sydney to start over at a university in the middle of nowhere, the last thing she wants is anyone in her new life to know of her past. Especially that to escape her chaotic, alcoholic mother, Luce also had to abandon her teenage sister. As Luce slowly starts to find another version of herself in this place, she also finds a new family in her eclectic group of friends. She even begins to find solace and possibility in her budding relationship with Eva, the girl who loves trees so much she travelled across the world to live among them. But when Luce's sister back home starts to follow Luce's own wild footsteps, and Luce's guilt starts to grow, she finds it harder to keep her old and new worlds apart. Can Luce find a way to embrace this new life and take care of her family without returning to her old destructive ways?

Reaction Time

In this sequel to Future Leaders of Nowhere, Finn and Willa come home from camp to find everything is different. As they try to navigate these new worlds together, Finn's learning she has to figure out what she wants, and Willa how to ask for what she needs.

In the sequel to "A Story of Now", Claire Pearson has already learned a few things this summer. Like falling for a girl is easy. Well, it is if that girl is Mia.What Claire hasn't learned yet is that now comes the hard part: learning to trust in this new relationship. And that isn't easy when no one has ever given you a reason to trust before.Then there's the pressing question of what to do with her life. Claire's new volunteer job working with kids offers a glimpse of a potential future, but it definitely isn't something her pushy mother is going to like. Still, everything feels hopeful as she embarks on the next chapter of her life, armed with new friends and the warm and funny Mia. But Claire quickly discovers that negotiating this new terrain of adulthood isn't easy. Over the rest of this momentous summer, the biggest lesson Claire must learn is how not to let anything get in the way of her happiness. Especially herself.

Finn's solid. Not in body, but in being. She's gravity and kindness and all those good things that anchor.Willa's confusing. Sometimes she's this sweet, sensitive soul. Other times she's like a flaming arrow you hope isn't coming for you.Finn and Willa have been picked as team leaders in the future leader camp game. The usually confident Finn doesn't know what's throwing her more, the fact she's leading a team of highly unenthusiastic overachievers or coming up against fierce, competitive Willa. And Willa doesn't know which is harder, leaving her responsibilities behind to pursue her goals or opening up to someone.Soon they both realise that the hardest thing of all is balancing their clashing ideals with their unexpected connection. And finding a way to win, of course.

At a summer journalism course for teens in Tasmania, privileged Samira, from a conservative, political family, and over-achiever country girl Alex bang heads.

While covering a news story together, their fiery clashes turn into first love. But when things fall apart, they’re left hurting.

A year later, they discover they’re both interning for the same university student paper. Awkward isn’t even the start of the tension between them. One thing that hasn’t died is the attraction between them. Still bruised and battling expectations from friends and family, can they be brave enough to repair what broke them?

An opposites attract, young adult lesbian romance about finding a way to fight for your future. 

Big Island

When Zel is forced to move to Sydney for her dad's job, she has to leave her best friend/epic crush and their unfinished subway project behind in New York City. Zel tells herself she'll just wait it out until she can get back. But as she finds new friends and a new life in Sydney, she must figure out how to move on while leaving no one behind.

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