The Other Me by Joy Watson

Second Hand

Willing myself not to look away, I tried to make out her features and realised, with a jolt, that she looked exactly like me. Like me, but different. Something about how she held herself told me that this girl was as strong as steel. I knew instinctively that I should not look away. Then the Other Me smiled and said, "Don't worry Lolly. I've got this. Who is Lolly, really? And who is the man who claims to love her? What happens when they drop their carefully constructed masks and allow their real selves to be seen? Chillingly intriguing, Joy Watson's debut novel paints a portrait of a woman who will do anything to escape the damage of her past, refusing to accept that she can't have it all, no matter what the price. The moral ambiguities and shifting revelations of The Other Me create an ingenious page-turner that will draw you in and confound you at every turn. -- Publisher's description.