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Hard love
After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality.
- "After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality."@en
- "The pain of growing up is explored in a story about the difficult friendship between a boy seeking escape from a dysfunctional family and a girl who produces a "zine" called Escape Velocity and who describes herself as a "Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Lesbian.""@en
- "Since his parents' divorce, John's mother hasn't touched him, her new fiancè wants them to move away, and his father would rather be anywhere than at Friday night dinner with his son. It's no wonder John writes articles like "Interview with the stepfather" and "Memoirs from hell." The only release he finds is in homemade 'zines like the amazing Escape velocity by Marisol, a self-proclaimed "Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Lesbian." Hanging around the Boston Tower Records for the new issue of Escape velocity, John meets Marisol and a hard love is born. While at first their friendship is based on 'zines, dysfunctional families, and dreams of escape, soon both John and Marisol begin to shed their protective shells. Unfortunately, John mistakes this growing intimacy for love, and a disastrous date to his junior prom leaves that friendship in ruins. Desperately hoping to fix things, John convinces Marisol to come with him to a 'zine conference on Cape Cod. On the sandy beaches by the Bluefish Wharf Inn, John realizes just how hard love can be."@en
- "Juvenile works"@en
- "Audiobooks"@en
- "Downloadable audio books"@en
- "Fiction"@en