Category: My Book

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Reading is one of my favourite activities which is probably strange for a loud, bouncing girl who hates to sit still but it is. Today I FINALLY found a store that wasn’t sold out of Neil Gaiman‘s latest novel, Ocean at the End of the Lane, it’s mine now; at least it will be until I share it with my best…

Chapter 3 – Part 1

When the day came to leave for Windsor I awoke with butterflies in my stomach; I was nervous for so many reasons but there were two big reasons I was lying to my mother and I was going to see Colin for the first time in 2 and a half months. I’d already made the decision to leave home, I’d…

Chapter 2 – Back to School

Back to School Going back to school after our Italian adventure felt like a punishment; I was suddenly chained to my MSN because for the time being that was where Colin lived, in my computer. The late night conversations with Colin covered up the pain of living with my emotionally and physically abusive father. For months leading up to my…

Chapter 1 – Italy

I’ve always believed in moments, moments change everything and everything changes in a moment. When I met Colin, I didn’t know that it was a moment, I didn’t know that everything was going to change after that; I barely even knew I liked him. When I was seventeen my life changed and for the five years that followed life was…