<b>A fresh and darkly funny debut novel about blurred online identities and striving for success (or just security) in a rigged system. Perfect for anyone who's ever enjoyed a good scammer story.</b><br/><br/><b>'The wicked Australian lovechild of Sally Rooney and Aubrey Plaza.' Chris Flynn, author of <i>Mammoth</i></b><br/><br/><i>I was active and agile. I was a champion. I was a witch. I was a winner. </i><br/><br/>Christina is a single mother living in the Melbourne suburbs, but to her online clients she is the esteemed Dr Ruth Carlisle, an 'executive coach and mindset expert, specialising in high-performing individuals'.<br/><br/>Dr Ruth gains her clients' trust through her coaching business, discovering their secrets and deepest fears. Through this elaborate scam, she's saving money for the ultimate unobtainable Australian dream: a home deposit. But when she blunders, and her worlds begin to collide, suddenly everything is at stake.<br/><br/><i>The Confidence Woman</i> is a novel about more than one kind of confidence game. It explores and hilariously skewers contemporary cults of self-optimisation, while also creating a moving and too-real portrait of what it's like to strive for success (or just security) in a rigged system.