Finding Home

by Lauren K McKellar

Moody, atmospheric, and just a little bit punk, Finding Home takes contemporary YA to a new level of grit...

When Amy's mum dies, the last thing she expects is to be kicked off her dad's music tour all the way to her Aunt Lou in a depressing hole of a seaside town. But it's okay – Amy learned how to cope with the best, and soon finds a hard–drinking, party–loving crowd to help ease the pain.

The only solace is her music class, but even there she can't seem to keep it together, sabotaging her grade and her one chance at a meaningful relationship. It takes a hard truth from her only friend before Amy realises that she has to come to terms with her past, before she destroys her future.

• ISBN10: 0857990918
• ISBN13: 9780857990914
• Publish Date: 1 October 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: AU
• Imprint: Escape Publishing
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 165
• Language: English

Reviews

[Kelly]

3.5 Stars
http://www.divabooknerd.com/2013/11/finding-home-by-lauren-k-mckellar.html
Finding Home is a novella told from Amy's point of view, daughter of an aging well known rocker. Amy is ridiculously naive, seemingly only picking up a love of alcohol from being on tour. Her father wants a stable environment for Amy, where she can stop binge drinking and interact with teens her own age, but Amy seems to involve herself in situations that could only stand to damage her further. We're offered insights into how Amy's love of binge drinking began, but the only explanation of her chasing Luke, who's already in a relationship, is purely her own stupidity.

It was engaging but touched on serious issues facing teens today, alcoholism, drug use, sexual assault and the story of a girl trying to find her own feet again.