Brenda and Kevin's high school romance ends in senior year when he gets her best friend, Michelle, pregnant. Depressed and provoked by her verbally abusive mother, Brenda has a mental break, and runs away to live with her wildchild cousin, Alex. Meanwhile, Kevin's do-good parents take in Michelle and set up the young couple to raise their accidental family. Three years later, Michelle is a victim to Kevin's rage and resentment, but she'll do whatever it takes to preserve the picture of a life she always wanted. Bored of idling away, drinking liquor and smoking weed with her cousin, Brenda returns to high school, ready sort out her future - and satisfy her curiosity about Kevin and Michelle. A story about holding on, letting go, feeling angry, directionless, jealous, and hurt, being petty, and facing the facts. This Is Growing Up depicts the fall-out from lies and shattered dreams, how three young adults learn to cope with the consequences of their actions and accept the reality of their individual circumstance.
- | Author: Ruth Nineke
- | Publisher: Blurb
- | Publication Date: February 28, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 188 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0557804329
- | ISBN-13: 9780557804320
- Author:
- Ruth Nineke
- Publisher:
- Blurb
- Publication Date:
- February 28, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 188 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0557804329
- ISBN-13:
- 9780557804320