All We Need

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Author
Magdalena McGuire
Publisher
Ultimo Press
Genre
Fiction
Released
01 July, 2025
ISBN
9781761151217

All We Need

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When Sapphie, a passionate environmentalist, goes on a camping trip in the bush, she miraculously rescues a baby from the sea. The baby belongs to Candace, a charity worker struggling with new motherhood. The act of rescue throws these strangers together and inspires an intense friendship. Candace’s best friend Alexia, a legal academic, has her reservations about the unconventional new woman in their lives. When Alexia investigates Sapphie’s background, she discovers … nothing. As far as the internet is concerned, Sapphie doesn’t exist. This compels Alexia to ask: What is Sapphie hiding?

As the novel dives into the turbulent waters of love, duty and control, the women must navigate the powerful currents of their fears and desires to discover who they really are.

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      About the author

      Magdalena McGuire

      Magdalena McGuire is an award-winning author whose new book, All We Need, explores the nuances of contemporary love and motherhood. Magdalena was awarded a prestigious Faber Writing Academy scholarship to support the development of this novel, which will be published by Ultimo Press in 2025. Magdalena’s short story collection, Born for You, was published by Ultimo Press in 2023 and has been shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards. Deborah Levy praised Magdalena’s writing for being ‘accomplished, complex and surreal’, while the Sydney Morning Herald commended her for being ‘a dab hand at unexpected twists’.

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