No One's Looking
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No One's Looking
From the internationally bestselling author of Lost & Found comes a comedic and uplifting novel that brings home the secret rage of women through a lively suburban family and the brawling love between two middle-aged sisters—who no one is looking at anymore.
'They've seen each other before,' the nurse says, spookily, enigmatically. Vicki and Susan look at each other, they just look and look.
When Susan first meets Vicki, her new baby sister, she puts a hand on her tiny forearm, and Vicki stops screaming. Just like that.
If only it were so easy forty-five years later.
Susan has always been the quiet, nice sister, but her husband's sudden demand for an open marriage—and a rather large purple object she'd forgotten about—provokes a slow-dawning epiphany: being the 'good' girl doesn't always mean it's good for you.
Just down the road, Vicki listens at the door of her seventeen-year-old daughter's room—her only child—and is shocked at what she hears. Her old urge to scream builds. As she listens to a true crime podcast and doom scrolls the news headlines, she can feel a terror building in her bones. She can't help believing something very bad is going to happen.
It's January in suburban Australia—stinking hot, the sound of tennis and cricket on telly, the threat of bushfires in the air. Vicki is right, something is unravelling. Rage, desire, fear, wonder (and the occasional nipple) are unleashed. In the aftermath, will Susan and Vicki ever find out what's possible when no one's looking?
No One's Looking is an original, wise and life-affirming novel that shows it is never too late to change who people expect you to be.
Praise for Lost & Found
'One of the most vivid casts of characters I've come across . . . Ballsy, brilliant writing' MATT HAIG
'Offbeat and funny' THE TIMES
'Heartfelt and profound' THE AGE
'Heartbreaking, funny, brilliant' HERALD SUN
'Enchanting . . . Bubbling with warmth and humour' WEST AUSTRALIAN
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780733654138
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 October 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 300g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Brooke Davis grew up on Wadawurrung Country in Bellbrae, Victoria. She holds a PhD from Curtin University in creative writing. Her debut novel, Lost & Found, was published in 28 countries and received two Australian Book Industry Awards for General Fiction and New Writer of the Year, as well as the WA Premier's Book Award for Emerging Writer. Lost & Found was also shortlisted for the Indie Book of the Year Debut Fiction Award and the ABA Booksellers' Choice Award. Brooke has lived in the US, Canada, Canberra and Boorloo/Perth, and now resides in Torquay, Victoria, where she works as a bookseller. No One's Looking is her second novel.
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