This debut novel takes us back to the ‘90s in a gritty post industrial town in Yorkshire, England. Rach, Shaz & Kel. have been best friends since they were 11, and their friendship is as indestructible as they are.
The entire novel is written in a Yorkshire dialect, mimicking the frenetic excitement, insecurities and fear the teens feel.
Brown does not shy away from anything - including sexual violence. She shows us the ugly truths, an unvarnished view of what it’s really like to grow up as a girl, without pink washing or flinching.
The memory of violence weaves in and out of the book just as the characters weave between past and present - always trying to find a place that is safe, where they are loved.
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