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IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME

Gabrielle Williams

Trinity Byrne has inexplicably woken up inside the body of a woman called Holly Fitzgerald in Melbourne in 2020. And on the other side of the world, Holly has woken up inside sixteen-year-old Trinity Byrne.
'...apparently I'm in hell. The last thing I remember is coming home, dumping my schoolbag, then hitchhiking to meet Susie Sioux at the Greek, but now I'm here and I don't know if I've died but I'm pretty sure heaven is supposed to be angels and harps and clouds, not bad hair and my hands, my legs, my face looking like they're all from some old person. The only thing I recognise is Brother Orange...' Trinity Byrne has inexplicably woken up inside the body of a woman called Holly Fitzgerald in Melbourne in 2020. And on the other side of the world, Holly has woken up inside sixteen-year-old Trinity Byrne. Later that day, through the shiny orange Brother typewriter in Trinity's bedroom, Holly discovers a few fun facts. One: they share an auspicious birth date, the 29th of February. Two: Holly is now in Los Angeles, the city she was actually born in. Three: today, the 29th of February, the day of the swap, is the actual day she was born in the actual year, 1980. Mind. Officially. Blown. Why has Holly been put into Trinity's body? Is it to tidy Trinity's messy teenage life? Or save her baby self? Or finally connect with the father she never knew? Or is Holly meant to find out who tried to abduct Trinity the day this all started? Holly's determined to find out more, but it's hard to concentrate when everything she does could affect everything she knows to be true. And what if she doesn't actually know the truth? Gabrielle Williams is the author of a number of critically acclaimed YA novels, including Beatle Meets Destiny, The Reluctant Hallelujah, The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex and My Life as a Hashtag, all of which have been shortlisted for a number of prestigious awards.
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Published 2021-09-01 by Allen & Unwin

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I loved it so much. It's such a special book, full of intrigue and joy and angst at a breakneck pace. I devoured it. The characters leapt off the page and into my heart and I've been thinking about them for days. The ending was so perfect, I was in floods of (happy) tears. It's perfect for teenagers or anyone who was once a teenager, for mums and for anyone who has ever had a mum.