Hastings in the seventies is not the coolest place to be. As Rachel and Susan teeter on the brink of adolescence, they realise safety lies in numbers and the best chance to surviving their teens is by sticking together. Their friendship protects them against the trials of parents, classmates, bullies who harass them in school, soggy chips, warm beer, aspiring guitar heroes, stoned hippies, men's clubs, derivative three chord bands and emotional neediness and weediness. But when Dave, local rock-star and general bad-boy, enters their lives, they discover that sex, drugs and rock'n'roll aren't always everything they've dreamed of. And then Punk music detonates the status quo and nothing will ever be the same again. This is a wonderfully funny and poignant novel about growing up in the seventies, the brittle nature of teenage friendship and the tough twists and turns of emerging adulthood.
- ISBN10 075532594X
- ISBN13 9780755325948
- Publish Date 2 May 2005
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 4 April 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Headline Review
- Edition Export & airside ed
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 352
- Language English