Maybe that made me sound like a crystal-toting hippie, but so what? Drugs didn't make me happy. I wanted something good to happen for a change. I realized I didn't want to sit around in a dark room, in love with being in the dark. "I thought it was bogus, at first, but there I was. The soundtrack to this fucked up life is filled with bands his babysitter had introduced him to: the Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus. Johnny has to take over taking care of himself, running the house, making sure the bills are paid. She's just honest about what it's like to be a kid. Amazingly the author isn't trying to sensationalize all those things to make them seem dramatic. Death, mental breakdowns, addiction and recovery, fickle friends, cliques. By that I mean every little thing that happens is extra dramatic. Meagan Brothers' Debbie Harry Sings In French very much a young adult novel.
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