Welcome to Life

by Alice de Smith, Alice de Smith

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Adolescence is never easy. And for fourteen-year-old Freya it's bewildering. Brought up by parents who act like teenagers, and surrounded by teenagers all too desperate to be grown-ups - it's no wonder she feels like a social anomaly. Her mother, Millie, hoped her daughter would become her best gal pal. Instead, her fondest communications reach Freya in the form of notes left on the fridge door ...

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1
Freya feels like a "social anomaly" due to her parents' behavior and her peers' aspirations. In what specific ways do these contrasting influences shape her sense of self and her understanding of the world around her?
2
Millie hoped her daughter would become her "best gal pal." How does this expectation impact their relationship, and what does it reveal about Millie's own desires or perhaps her reluctance to fully embrace adulthood?
3
The description calls adolescence "bewildering." What aspects of Freya's struggle to navigate this period resonated most with your own memories of adolescence, or perhaps with observations you've made about young people today?

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