{"product_id":"9781596912946","title":"My Side of the Story : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMy Side of the Story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Will Davies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJarold, aka, Jazz, is a typical sixteen year old boy. He lives at home with his two remarkably un-divorced parents, his holier-than-thou sister, and his overbearing grandmother. It's a life straight out of a TV show. Or so it seems…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe truth is that Jazz's life is anything but picture perfect. He's seeing a shrink because his mom and dad found out he's gay; his schoolmates torment him every day; and he keeps bumping into his high school teacher at a local gay bar. To make matters worse, his best friend, Al, keeps pulling him into trouble. Jazz knows he has to keep everything together, at least through finals, so he can get away from this life once and for all. But, in his haste to leave everything behind, he comes to find out that the only thing he can't escape is himself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty, sardonic, and incredibly funny, \u003ci\u003eMy Side of the Story\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfectly rendered portrait of a precocious, troubled teenager faced with the awkward process of growing up and coming out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gay British teenager delivers a sniping, witty rant à la Holden Caulfield...A first novel featuring a truculent, funny adolescent narrator, one that starts with promise--and that augurs well for the career of its young author.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“MY SIDE OF THE STORY by Will Davis is the best coming-of-age novel I've read in a long time. It's funny, cheeky, and smart, and a sweet, sly page-turner of a book.” —\u003ci\u003eBart Yates, author of LEAVE MYSELF BEHIND and THE BROTHERS BISHOP\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781596912946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593996251342,"sku":"9781596912946","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_2879398f-02ab-4ccf-b953-1bb453fe4cf7.jpg?v=1637798299","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781596912946","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}