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Flares, France and Serious Fashion Crimes - My 1975 Teenage Diary It's 1975 and 16-year old Bev can scarcely believe it when the dishiest boy at youth club asks her out. But then Mike dumps Bev for the girl down the road and Bev's whole world falls apart. Thankfully Bev is off to stay with her French penfriend but her passion for all-things French turns sour when faced with the lack of public toilets and endless dusty museums in the searing Provence heat. Horribly homesick, Bev counts the days until she lands back on British soil and can meet up with old-flame Simon who's working at a hotel in Weston Super Mare. But Bev just can't get Mike off her mind... This is Bev's real-life 1975 teenage diary in the raw: hilarious yet tearful, bitchy yet philosophical, laugh-out-loud yet toe-curlingly embarrassing. If you liked Rae Earl's 1980s Mad, Fat Teenage Diary, you will love this real-life teenage diary from the decade that taste forgot: the 1970s. Now a positively ancient 55 and thankfully no longer with a pair of platform shoes in her wardrobe, Bev's 1975 diary, along with all her other teenage journals from the 1970s, is dedicated to her 19-year old son to prove that his middle-aged mum was once a teenager too

It's now 1976 and 17-year old Bev is about to undergo a dramatic change from shrinking violet to... well... let's just say that Bev spends the latter half of 1976 making up for lost time. But 1976 doesn't get off to a good start. Bev is trying to shake off a nasty case of teenage depression. Her confidence and self-esteem, not to mention her love life, are at an all-time low. And, to add insult to injury, Bev has just been stood up by a boy she met at Judith Bates' party. But Bev is determined to change things... She joins a new youth club, makes new friends and ends up falling for 'Mystic' Mark - a joss-stick burning psychic who's quit college to meditate on the Meaning of Life. But when Mark dumps Bev, it's like the Mike Heslop heartbreak of 1975 all over again (see Flares, France & Serious Fashion Crimes: My 1975 Teenage Diary). As the long, hot summer of 1976 gets underway, an unforgettable July follows as Bev and the others from the A-Level French set join forces with a group of French students on a course at the university. Bev spends the rest of the red-hot summer in Weston-Super-Mare with her Grandparents where, away from the confines of the family home, she is free to do pretty much as she pleases. 1976 is the summer when Bev meets up with Christine and Paula who become her New Best Friends and show her how to live life a little more dangerously. Gradually Bev transforms from the shy, shrinking violet of her early teens into an 18-year old that wows the boys and oozes self-confidence, sometimes bordering on the arrogant. In their almost nightly trips to the rowdy Lakeside Bar, frequented by underage drinkers, Bev, Christine and Paula are determined to rise above what they call the 'grockles' - the kind of girls who follow the crowd and dance around their handbags at discos. The trio see themselves as superior, immersing themselves in all things Gallic following the French exchange. God forbid that anyone might mistake the girls for being mere English... 1976 is a summer of burning joss-sticks and candles, of listening to Eric Clapton and Radio Caroline, of wearing hippy clothes and walking bare-foot, of reading Cosmopolitan and talking deeply - and, of course, discussing that all-important topic: boys. Thunderstorms put an end to the heat-wave, followed by a wet, drab autumn. But the weather fails to put a damper on Bev's Self-Improvement Plans. She meets Jesus look-alike Tony. His friend Oliver isn't too bad, either. And then there's Nick, plus David Bowie clone Andy. Not to mention the dishy Steve Brown and biker Kev... Aaarrggh So many boys, so few days in the week... Thankfully this problem is solved by the arrival of 21-year old medical student Jeremy who sweeps Bev off her feet in The Romance of the Century. But will it last? This is Bev's real-life 1976 diary, in the raw: hilarious yet familiar, bitchy yet philosophical. This nostalgic trip down Memory Lane will appeal to anyone who's struggled to overcome teenage shyness and attract the opposite sex, especially 50-somethings who will look back fondly on an era before emails, texting or mobiles, where you depended on the family phone, phone boxes or letters to keep in touch. An era where you watched Charlie's Angels on TV, saw the Omen at the cinema and listened to Peter Frampton, Chicago and Gallagher & Lyle while wearing Stevie B or Blas scent, big hair, kohl eyeliner and vibrant red lipstick. An era where - despite the freedom of 'the pill', the publication of the Hite Report in 1976 and Dr Alex Comfort's famous Joy of Sex four years earlier - it still wasn't unusual to be a virgin at 18. If you liked Rae Earl's 1980s Mad, Fat Teenage Diary, you will love That Summer Changed Everything: My Real-Life 1976 Teenage Diary - the sequel to Flares, France & Serious Fashion Crimes: M

Aufgeweckt, beliebt und ein Star auf dem Rugby-Feld: Der 15-j hrige Ben hatte alles, was er sich nur w nschen konnte. Aus unerkl rlichen Gr nden aber begann unser Sohn, der f r sein Leben immer so gern a , sich im Teenageralter systematisch selbst verhungern zu lassen. Zur gleichen Zeit wurde sein Drang zu Bewegung und Sport immer extremer. In wenigen Monaten verlor Ben gut ein Viertel seines K rpergewichts, als er eine Anorexia Nervosa entwickelte, eine Krankheit, die ihm fast das Leben gekostet h tte. Bitte iss wieder... Eine Mutter k mpft, um ihren Teenagersohn von der Magersucht zu befreien ist der bewegende und gef hlvoll mitrei ende Bericht einer Mutter dar ber, wie sie ohnm chtig der Entwicklung ihres Sohnes in jemanden, den sie nicht mehr wiedererkannte - k rperlich und psychisch -, zusehen musste. Sie beschreibt dar ber hinaus, wie mit Hilfe seiner Eltern und Therapeuten und durch seine eigene Entschlossenheit Ben langsam begann, sich zu erholen und sein Leben wieder aufzubauen. "Verwerfen Sie s mtliche Tagespl ne, wenn Sie dieses Buch aufschlagen: diese fesselnde Geschichte wird Sie in Sorge und Jubel versetzen und Ihnen eine Familie vorstellen, auf die diese Welt unbedingt treffen muss. Wenn diese Welt nur w sste, dass diese Memoiren die reine Wahrheit sprechen " Laura Collins, Gr nderin von F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders) & Autorin von Eating with Your Anorexic "Die Welt erkennt allm hlich immer mehr: Auch Jungs k nnen magers chtig werden'. Bev Mattocks beschreibt aufrichtig und aus tiefstem Herzen, wie sie ihrem jugendlichen Sohn geholfen hatte, seine Magersucht zu berwinden. Genau wie bei uns ist dies eine weitere Erfolgsgeschichte einer Familie, die gemeinsam mit Freunden, der Schule und rzten diese heimt ckische Krankheit besiegt hat. Viele Familien werden gro en Trost aus der Lekt re dieser Geschichte erfahren sowie die dringend notwendige Energie, um die Essst rung zu bek mpfen." Jenny Langley, Autorin von Boys Get Anorexia Too "Eine unentbehrliche Lekt re f r jeden, der versucht, mehr ber Essst rungen bei Jungen im Teenageralter zu erfahren. Bev Mattocks beschreibt nicht nur die Geschichte ihres magers chtigen Sohnes, sondern bietet auch anderen Familien Einblicke in diese komplexe Krankheit in einer Welt, in der Magersucht noch immer haupts chlich mit jungen M dchen verbunden wird. Absolut empfehlenswert." Sam Thomas, Gr nder, Men Get Eating Disorders Too "Ein beeindruckender, schmerzhafter Bericht, liebevoll geschrieben... dieses Buch wird Eltern zugute kommen, sich aus ihrer Isolation zu begeben, und sie im Umgang mit Anbietern im Gesundheitswesen st rken." Becky Henry, Gr nderin des Hope Network, LLC & preisgekr nte Autorin von Just Tell Her To Stop: Family Stories of Eating Disorders