Nineteen Seventy-Nine: A Big Year in a Small Town

by Rhona Cameron

1979 takes place in a small fishing town called Musselburgh, situated on the east coast of Scotland. An evocative, moving and at times hilarious true-life story about growing up gay in a small town, finding out you're adopted, and losing your father at the age of fourteen.

Always an outsider, the Rhona of 1979 was desperate to fit in at any cost, and here lies the bittersweet humour. At the heart of the book is the Clubhouse, a place that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0091896711
• ISBN13: 9780091896713
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

I laughed and I cried........

You may not actually know who Rhona Cameron is but even if this is the case this is a definate read for anyone who felt a bit different when growing up. Some of the early memories provoked by this autobiography made me laugh and some down right uncomfortable - I'd never let my parents know some of the things I got up to at 13!! I laughed out loud so many times and had to read the book in one sitting as I just couldn't put it down!! By the end I had tears streaming down my face and was left glad that I had been allowed the opportunity to see into Rhona's early life. For many this book will make you realise that in so many ways you weren't alone with what you went through as a teenager!