What would you do differently if you could live your choices again?
In this episode, host John Purcell sits down with bestselling Australian thriller author Petronella McGovern to unpack her mind-bending new novel, Every Time She Wakes.
When university careers counsellor Suze and her family are evacuated during a raging bushfire, their rescue van is hijacked. Following a terrifying crash, Suze doesn’t die—instead, she wakes up two weeks earlier. No one else remembers the horror. And then, it happens again. And again. With each shifting loop, the reality she knows slips further away.
John and Petronella dive deep into the mechanics of writing a high-stakes, time-bending mystery and the planning that goes into it. They also chat about Petronella’s backlist, and how she got her start in writing.
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Books by Petronella McGovern
Six Minutes (2019)
The Good Teacher (2020)
The Liars (2022)
The Last Trace (2024)
Every Time She Wakes (2026)
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