Talia is sixteen, pregnant and angry. Her family is broken. She’s looking after her unwell mother. Her dad’s gone. At school she is shunned. And Johnny – the one person she thought she could count on – just walked away.

Johnny is Barkindji, smart and confused. He’s struggling with the weight of his parents’ expectations: he wants to please them, but is the future they’ve planned for him the one he really wants? He makes a decision he knows he’ll regret: leaving Talia behind.

But some love – no matter how impossible – never lets go.

Forever & Ever is a gritty, heart-wrenching love story set in a Murray–Darling river town simmering with deep-seated prejudice and long-buried secrets.

‘A devastating exploration of first love, loss and the perilous work of growing up…. Readers who loved Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give will appreciate the unflinching examination of cultural identity and racism, while fans of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars will recognise first love with devastating stakes.’ Books+Publishing