Fourteen
Molloy, Shannon2020
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This is a story about my fourteenth year of life as a gay kid at an all-boys rugby-mad Catholic school in regional Queensland. It was a year in which I started to discover who I was, and deeply hated what was revealed. It was a year in which I had my first crush and first devastating heartbreak. It was a year of torment, bullying and betrayal – not just at the hands of my peers, but by adults who were meant to protect me. And it was a year that almost ended tragically. I found solace in writing and my budding journalism; in a close-knit group of friends, all growing up too quickly together; and in the fierce protection of family and a mother’s unconditional love. These were moments of light and hilarity that kept me going. As much as Fourteen is a chronicle of the enormous struggle and adversity I endured, and the shocking consequences of it all, it’s also a tale of survival. Because I did survive.
Main title:
Fourteen / by Shannon Molloy.
Author:
Molloy, Shannon, author
Imprint:
Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Collation:
x, 305 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"My year of darkness, and the light that followed"--Cover.
ISBN:
9781760851088 (pbk)1760851086 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.7660835092306.766
Language:
English
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Subject:
Molloy, Shannon -- Childhood and youthCatholic schools -- Queensland -- BiographyFamilies -- BiographyGay men -- Australia -- BiographyGay students -- Australia -- BiographyGay teenagers -- BiographyJournalists -- Australia -- BiographyJournalists, Australian -- BiographyMothers and sons -- BiographyVictims of bullying -- BiographyAutobiographies
BRN:
95029