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True Love Kills
A girl begins a journal to battle her depression but instead, documents a
murder.
Inspired by a true Sydney story
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| It all goes down inside. |
Sydney, 2008.
Jai lives alone with her mother and
is prompted to begin a diary to deal with her gloomy, obsessive thoughts. Her
world is shaken further when beautiful and headstrong Laura breaks into her
circle of friends. Laura meets Xavier, a wild boy with dark hair and brooding
complexion. The result is more explosive than anyone could have imagined.
Why do people have to hurt others?
What makes people do the things they do? You may think you have your friends
figured out, but do we ever really know anyone? Do we ever really know
ourselves?
Jai knows things.
Laura is put in with her group.
They must show her the ropes. Before long, headstrong Laura is proving that she
doesn’t follow the rules. Trouble has followed her but it’s everyone else’s
fault. Soon, Laura is practically the head of the group, much to Jai’s
consternation. Jai does not trust her and Laura seems to know it. Why can’t the
others see it?
It’s the beginning of a set of
complex, often amusing, sometimes combative, interpersonal relatiosnhips
between all six girls, always shifting.
After school, at the train station,
other teenagers from the nearby boy’s school banter with them as always. Laura
turns more than a few heads, one in particular. Xavier. The boy with the dark
eyes and brooding complexion. Their eyes meet. He targets her. It’s like a
flame meeting a petrol tank. There is an instant attraction, but their union
will bring nothing good for anyone around them. Their relationship starts with
chaos at the mall. Making out in the library. Petty theft at a local shop
follows, getting drunk and eventually mild drugs. Laura’s home life seems
reasonably stable but she gets away with blue murder. Is that why she is the
way she is? Are there not enough boundaries or is it the lack of attention?
What about Xavier’s home life? Are people born bad or are they created? We soon
get the insights.
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| Where it happens. |
Meanwhile Cin must deal with her mother’s illness and sexual pressures from her boyfriend. Antinio brags about her new love life but no one has met this mysterious person. Also, Jai has been receiving some unwanted attention online from someone she doesn’t even know. Or does she? Social media in 2008 is proving to be a challenge, something the adults know little about.
Xavier’s temper is proving to be a
real problem and frightening for those around him. Jai does not like him and
for good reason. He’s soon involved in a fight at his school which results in a
student being badly hurt. Trouble follows this kid like the wind.
Laura doesn’t care. She’s only in
the moment. All there is, is her love for Xavier and to hell with anyone who
gets in her way, including her family, including her new friends. She’s soon
rubbing some of them up the wrong way. Cin is no pushover. She doesn’t like her
friends being disrespected like that. There’s a real battle now for leadership
of the group. Neither will back down. It will culminate in a physical clash.
With each passing page, there’s a
tightening of the tension, with each dilemma coming to a head. In the middle is
Jai, documenting each and every situation, wishing she was outside of it but
unable to avoid being a part of it. Being a teenager is tough but it shouldn’t
be this hard.
For one individual, it will cost
them their life.
‘Puberty Blues for the
Digital Age.’
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