My Phantoms is a 2021 British novel by Gwendoline Riley, first published in the UK by Granta.
From the age of 14 she is estranged from her father who she recalls from custody visits as a bullying, attention seeking man.
Though Bridget's mother repeatedly boasts about her active social life she struggles to make friends.
[1] In a review published by The New York Times, Lidija Haas compared Riley to Anton Chekov and Mary Gaitskill.
[2] CBC praised the novel as "a bold, heart-stopping portrayal of a failed familial bond".