You stay on your effing side and I'll stay on mine

By Teswell White

In this novel we meet Maxwell Wakefield who finds himself at the bottom of the school's pecking order. His reckless search for refuge from bullies plunge him headlong into a deep and dangerous escapade. As Maxwell recalls his transformation from innocence to coming of age, he shares several moving stories, set against the turbulent social and political landscape of growing up on the Cape Flats during apartheid South Africa. This novel unpretentiously captures stirring insights into self-discovery and the inner workings of a damaged soul whilst confronting old scars and wounds unable to heal. Maxwell allows his audience deep into his personal life, sharing moments of shame and glory, forbidden love and his personal struggles with forgiveness. The stories come together marvellously, alive with passion and realism, touching all the bases of a teenage boy's skirmishes with cultural collisions, toxic masculinities and identity development during adolescence and into adulthood.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B085K8XFB6
• ISBN13: 9798621181246
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"