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Cerys Williams moves to London for art college, feeling lonely and overwhelmed until she meets him. The prequel to "Toxic" is a coming-of-age novel about love, exploring the joy, pain, and toxicity of teen female friendship.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 322 pages
Publication date: 05 October 2023
Publisher: UCLan Publishing

When you're young, something happens to you that leaves a scar. Cerys Williams has left her village in the Welsh Valleys for art college in London and the spare room in glamorous Auntie Wyns flat. Cerys knows there's more out there for her in the world; it's the year 2000, and she definitely doesn't have to just get married and have babies and wear beige and cook stews for the rest of her life, even if Mam thinks she should.

But Cerys' London is not glossy, cool, or sophisticated, despite what Adept, her favorite magazine, has told her. It's lonely, overwhelming, and confusing. Until, that is, she meets him.

The prequel to Toxic. A coming-of-age novel about love—the love you think you know and the love you never realized you had, all along.

Praise for Toxic:

"A hugely accomplished debut. Menacing, heartfelt, and often very funny." - Juno Dawson

"Such an exciting new author of YA fiction." - Holly Bourne

"An astute and pin-sharp exploration of the joy, pain, and toxicity of teen female friendship. So real it hurts." - Sara Barnard

Weight: 258g
Dimension: 144 x 197 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781915235633