What is this book?

[ChristopherRobin]

I read this fairly recently (couple of years) and when I went to lend it to my mum I couldn't find it in my bookcase and can't for the life of me remember what it is called.
There are two childhood friends, one from a well off background and one from poor. One goes to jail for something (I think) and when is released works in a fairground. The other is living a nice comfortable life with husband and kids. They somehow bump into each other and I think the truth about what happened to cause one go to jail comes out. I think the chapters jump from the past to present day and they have different names in the past and present, so you don't know which girl is which. I think it builds up to the moment the 'big event' happens. You make assumptions which are then proven wrong at the end (hence why it was such a good book).
I thought it was the ice cream girls, but it's definitely not that. I've read so many that they all get mixed up in my head! Help!

[DuchessofMalfi]

Oh - was just going to reply saying it sounded like the Ice Cream Girls :o If that isn't it, can't help - sorry. But you could have a search on Goodreads - if you put in Ice Cream Girls, it might come up with some similar books?

[MimsyBorogroves]

The Wicked Girls? I can't remember much about it, but the premise sounds familiar.

[Cluelessat30]

The wicked girls. It was a good read!

[Cheboludo]

I agree with Clueless and Mimsy, it definitely sounds like The Wicked Girls to me. The premise is that two girls go to jail for the murder of a toddler and, on release, they must never meet again. I thought it was excellent on the ways the media shape our perceptions of both perpetrators and victims of crime.

[KurriKurri]

Yes I agree - Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood, good story

[SarahAndFuck]

I also think it's The Wicked Girls and it was a good read.