The Ophelia Girls – Jane Healey  

From a carefree summer following of a group of girls with a fascination with recreating Millais’ painting of Ophelia, to how things can take a sudden turn for the worse and the effects that can last into adulthood, and in this case even into another generation.  

This is essentially a coming-of-age story spanning two generations. Full of misadventure, family issues and history repeating itself. This story is told from the perspective of seventeen-year old Maeve, recently recovered from leukaemia and looking for some meaning to her life, and her mother reliving a summer that changed her life and the ghosts of her past that still haunt her present.   

Review by Charlotte – Information Advisor York St John University