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list price: $10.99
edition:eBook
category: Fiction
published: May 2012
ISBN:9781770891913
publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc
imprint: Anansi International

Grow Up

by Ben Brooks

tagged: literary, coming of age, biographical
Description

YouTube suicides, possible pregnancies, drug comedowns, and getting straight A's -- meet Jasper: a seventeen-year-old with his hands full. Weekdays are packed with visits to the psychologist, mounting parental pressure to achieve in school, scouring the Internet for porn, and trying to figure out whether his stepfather murdered his ex-wife. Weekends are focused on finding the next party, the best drugs, and sex --preferably with Georgia Treely -- but really with anyone he can get.

Brilliantly encapsulating the nihilistic and disaffected voice of a generation, Grow Up is a frank portrayal of one dark, funny, and twisted teen searching for his place in the world.

About the Author

Ben Brooks

Editorial Reviews

... an undeniably fun read ...

— Toronto Star

[Grow Up] explores generational angst and the blue-black damage of adolescence ... an epistolary novel filled with black humor and fleeting tenderness.

— Kirkus Reviews

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