Father Figure

by Emma Forrest

Gail is in trouble at school. Saint Saviours, the exclusive private girls school that she attends on a scholarship, cannot contain her. Impulsive, bored and looking for someone to adore, she is at that dangerous age when you want to be picked up by men and then driven home by your mother.

Ezra is rich, powerful and at the top of his game. His comfortable middle age is tainted only by the knowledge that he loved new wave music in his youth and had people killed—and by his crushing anxieties about his teenage daughter, Agata. When Agata starts at Saint Saviour's, Gail and Ezra's paths cross, and their lives intertwine in ways more dangerous than either could have predicted.

Genres: Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Fiction

272 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication February 17, 2026

About the author

Emma Forrest is a British-American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Reviews

[Lucy Skeet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a riot! Thanks so much to W&N for my copy

[elshillcox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Teenage girls are wild

[Vitória · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5, possibly 3 stars if I’m feeling generous I suppose? The premise was good but I felt like the plot was hurried and there were far too many questions that were left unanswered, and the ending was particular unsatisfactory…

[kremace · Rating 1 out of 5]

neskutečná píčovina (obsahem i stylem) a škoda peněz

[Emma Greenough · Rating 2 out of 5]

All a bit silly and unbelievable

[Zoe Antoniades · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quirky, impactful and very excellent