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Off the Record
Dec 29, 2025 1:38 PM

Author:Camryn Garrett

Off the Record

What would you sacrifice to expose the truth?

From Camryn Garrett, whose debut Full Disclosure was called "honest, eye-opening and heartful" by Angie Thomas, comes a ripped-from-the-headlines story of a teen journalist who stumbles across the #metoo story of the decade and has to weigh the risks against the need to fight for justice.

When seventeen-year-old Josie Wright wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she's equal parts excited and scared. Soon she is jetting off on a multi-city tour, rubbing elbows with sparkly celebrities, frenetic handlers, stone-faced producers, and eccentric stylists. She even finds herself catching feelings for the subject of her profile, dazzling young newcomer Marius Canet.

Josie's world is expanding so rapidly, she doesn't know whether she's flying or falling. But when a young actress lets her in on a terrible secret, and then the secrets keep coming, she realizes she's in over her head. She wants to do the right thing, but is this her story to tell? What if she lets down the women who have entrusted her with their stories? What if this ends her writing career before it even begins? There are so many reasons not to go ahead . . . but if Josie doesn't step up, who will?

This is a moving testament to the #MeToo movement, and all the ways women stand up for each other.

"Brave, necessary, and unflinchingly real, Off the Recordis an instant classic." --Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York TimesBestselling author of This Is Where It Ends

Reviews

Brave, necessary, and unflinchingly real, Off the Record is an instant classic.

—— Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends

Hold on tight and enjoy the ride... Tremendous stuff

—— Independent

One of the most potent and unusual works of literary fiction I've read in years... Mercurio's Yefgenii is as real as anyone you've ever cared about. And care you will

—— Michael Faber , Guardian

A seat-of-the-pants ride through the life of top Soviet fighter ace with his sights set on the Moon, from an author whose sights are set just as high

—— Esquire

A Russian version of The Right Stuff... Riveting

—— Daily Telegraph

In moments of intense action, we're with this protagonist every inch of the way, through every thought, dive, ache, smell, itch, tast and gastric movement... vertiginously thrilling

—— Observer

Ascent is a page turning story of a man's ambition to be the very best. Based on real events and using real people, it places this fictitious character in a period when space itself was there for the taking. Beautifully written, it's a book that deserves to be read

—— Angela Cooke , Daily Express

A cross between adventure story and literary fiction, this is an unusual novel

—— Financial Times

Streaks by at full throttle... truly exciting

—— Sunday Telegraph

Speaks volumes about heroism and the human condition... A taut, page-turning narrative

—— The Times

Ingenious

—— Time Out
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