The Leaving
by Gabriella West
Price: $3.99 USD. 85520 words.
Published on May 30, 2011. .
At 15, Cathy is a complex teenager living in 1980s Dublin. She soon discovers that her charming older brother Stevie, who's gay, is falling in love with her classmate Ron, the one boy she likes. Cathy struggles with school, her dysfunctional family, coming to terms with her growing love for her best friend Jeanette, and leaving Ireland. The novel is a realistic look at adolescence and first love.