Long-held secrets about a tragic accident bubble to the surface and strain friendships to breaking point in the new novel by a Post 16 teacher in Bristol.
Jen Faulkner, a dedicated ESOL, Functional Skills Maths and English Teacher at the Cabot Learning Federation’s Post 16 Centre, is delighted to announce the publication of her second book What goes around.
The novel revolves around two main characters Nicole and Emily, who long ago lied about their whereabouts after they witnessed a terrible accident. Neither of them took action. Now, Nicole is a wife and mother who follows the rules and strives to make up for her mistake. But Emily, a teacher, believes life is too short for regrets and refuses to blame herself.
When their old classmate Bex dies, the past is stirred up once again as they begin to receive anonymous texts from someone who knows what they did. Each of them spirals into risky and reckless behaviour, and their friendship is strained to breaking point.
What Goes Around comes nearly two years after Jen’s debut novel Keep Her Safe, a tale of a mother’s fear as her daughter approaches adulthood, and a tangled web of attachments, anxieties and buried secrets.
Jen completed an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University in 2015, where she was shortlisted for the Janklow and Nesbitt Prize. Since then, she has run creative writing sessions for a charity in Bristol and volunteered at Mothership Writers, a year-long programme of writing workshops for new mothers run by the novelist, Emylia Hall.
Jen is currently plotting and writing her next book, about coincidences and if everything really does happen for a reason.
Jen said: “I am very lucky that I get to be a teacher and a writer; both are extremely rewarding careers. Hopefully I can inspire students to follow their dreams as I have mine.”
Jen’s book is available to buy here. https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Goes-Around-intoxicating-psychological/dp/191697824X
