In Bloom

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Francis Wootton s first memory is of Kurt Cobain s death and there have since been other hardships much closer to home. At fifteen, he knows all about loss and rejection, and if he s honest, Francis would-be poet, possible intellectual feels he is wasted in Tyne and Wear.

Lower Fifth is supposed to be his time: but when he is diagnosed with leukaemia, a whole new world of worry presents itself. There s the horror of being held back a year at school, the threat of imminent baldness. But he hadn t reckoned on meeting Amber and finding a reason to tackle it all the good the bad and everything in-between head on.