Catherine isn't sure who she is. The hardworking student? The dutiful daughter? Or someone else entirely? Catherine, Cat, Cath -- which is the real person? A gripping study of teenage pressure and identity. Catherine is a typical A-grade student from a middle class, high-achieving family, who suddenly, on entering the sixth form, loses her way. She stumbles from one situation to another, unable to work and turning to alcohol to take her mind off her problems. As she searches for answers through the varied and offbeat characters she meets, she learns a great many truths about life. Can she cope with the biggest truth of all -- her own personality? Written in the first person, each chapter is addressed to someone different in Catherine's life -- her mother, a teacher, a schoolfriend etc, and reflects how Catherine is different to different people. It brilliantly reflects the pressures on young people today in a world where they haven't got the time to grow up at their own pace. Is the face we present to the world our true self, or a carefully maintained construct?
- ISBN10 0007120451
- ISBN13 9780007120451
- Publish Date 7 May 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 June 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint CollinsFlamingo
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 224
- Language English