Book description
Welcome to the world of football-mad Troy Brown, a typical
fifteen-year-old, with a loving family, a tight-knit group of friends,
and a nice house in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Materially, he has a
comfortable life - but then no hormone-ridden, angst-filled teenager
would ever describe their life as comfortable, and Troy was no
exception, plagued as he was by the whole world is against me complex,
no girlfriend syndrome, the pains of unrequited love (or lust) and the
usual hoard of teenage frustrations and obsessions. A privileged peek
into his very private warts and all 2003 diary reveals the
transformation of his boring, ordinary life, as Troy tries to negotiate
the many twists and turns in what was to become the most extraordinary
year of his life, fraught with family secrets, misunderstandings,
dangerous liaisons, challenging adventures, shocking realities and
unexpected outcomes, interspersed with teenage insights into the state
of the world, including war, crime, death and disease. As you travel
with Troy on his one-year life-changing journey, you will undoubtedly
laugh at the adolescent humour, cry at his misfortunes, sympathise with
his plights and empathise with his feelings as he works through his
personal traumas and is forced to learn by his mistakes. Be warned,
however: those of a sensitive disposition may also be shocked by some of
the diary s content, possibly offended, but you are, after all, delving
into the grimy mind of a pubescent youth! Welcome to the world of
football-mad Troy Brown, a typical fifteen-year-old, with a loving
family, a tight-knit group of friends, and a nice house in Cowes on the
Isle of Wight. Materially, he has a comfortable life - but then no
hormone-ridden, angst-filled teenager would ever describe their life as
comfortable, and Troy was no exception, plagued as he was by the whole
world is against me complex, no girlfriend syndrome, the pains of
unrequited love (or lust) and the usual hoard of teenage frustrations
and obsessions. A privileged peek into his very private warts and all
2003 diary reveals the transformation of his boring, ordinary life, as
Troy tries to negotiate the many twists and turns in what was to become
the most extraordinary year of his life, fraught with family secrets,
misunderstandings, dangerous liaisons, challenging adventures, shocking
realities and unexpected outcomes, interspersed with teenage insights
into the state of the world, including war, crime, death and disease. As
you travel with Troy on his one-year life-changing journey, you will
undoubtedly laugh at the adolescent humour, cry at his misfortunes,
sympathise with his plights and empathise with his feelings as he works
through his personal traumas and is forced to learn by his mistakes. Be
warned, however: those of a sensitive disposition may also be shocked by
some of the diary s content, possibly offended, but you are, after all,
delving into the grimy mind of a pubescent youth!
