Smack
Smack by Melvin Burgess is a thought-provoking work published by Macmillan on June 8, 2010. This first edition spans 352 pages and is presented in English. The narrative explores the complexities of youth and the impact of experiences, both personal and substance-related, as it follows characters navigating their relationships and struggles.
Readers will find a raw depiction of social themes such as substance abuse, homelessness, and the challenges faced by young people in Europe. The story delves into the lives of its characters, highlighting their interactions and the ways in which they cope with pain and the desire for connection. Through the lens of these experiences, the book addresses the realities of runaways and the search for belonging amidst adversity.
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I can give it up any time I want . . .
Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opens a door that was there all the time but you never saw it. Or maybe it blasts you into outer space. This time it was Lily and Rob and Gemma spending all that time to make me feel one of them, but it was the drug too. All that crap—about Gemma leaving me, about Mum and Dad, about leaving home. All that negative stuff. All the pain . . .
It just floated away from me, I just floated away from it . . . up and away . . .
I leaned back and I looked at the book and I looked at them and Gemma smiled at me, a big soft smile, and her eyes were like marbles.
“Better?” she said.
Smack is the winner of the 1996 Carnegie Medal in Literature.
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