Workingclass Stories

When trauma nurse Kasia Kowalski returns to her working-class hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey, after twenty years, she knows what to expect: grief, family obligations, and disappointment. She worries that her teenage son, Lukas, who was once a five-star basketball recruit in Southern California, will become a bitter outsider whose shot at stardom has passed him by. At St. Michael's Catholic High School, with its crumbling gym, tiny student body, and basketball team held together by grit, pride, and the uncompromising vision of its hard-driving coach, they may just find the one thing they least expect: redemption. The Guardians of St. Michael's is a slow-burn, character-driven story about family, faith, love, and second chances.

The prestigious private school Rutherford Academy has secrets hidden behind its walls after the tragic death of one of its students only one new student has been allowed to enrol. Nadine Flint has always had a distaste for the rich but all that comes to a toll when she learns the secrets of Rutherford and what the students there would quite literally kill to keep a secret. Will this hot-headed, loud-mouthed new student be able to uncover what really goes on behind closed doors where the liars sleep? Or will she fall from grace as fast as they did?

The Wrong Guy is a gritty noir crime novel about survival, redemption, and the dangerous hope of starting over. Set against the industrial hum of a refinery and the shadowed streets of Riverbend, it follows a man hunted by his past as he fights to protect the life-and the love-he never thought he'd have.

A peek inside the famed bando of Mr. Billy the Beefcake. You wont like what you see. Or maybe you will..?

Kurai Nagai is a shy and insecure teenager who lives on the bad side of town with his uncle who has high expectations of him. When his best friend goes missing he discovers that the government is using, missing children, and juvenile delinquents for human experimentation. Now Kurai must make a choice. Play it safe and stay under the radar, or rise up and expose them Graphic warnings in episodes: 2, 4, and 6

This is the life of not someone-but a bird-stuck in the seemingly never-ending cycle waking, working, and sleeping; a cycle that many sea and city birds like himself could not break. The system is rigged against them, and although it wasn't always this way, that is how it is now. It can't break. It won't break. It is impossible to break. From an outside perspective, it might have seemed like misery. If you lived in the system, it just became a reality. But things are about to change. (This is not complete)

GCSE AQA AN INSPECTOR CALLS - CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF EACH CHARACTER.

This isn't like your regular Y/N story

This will be a short story and poem series related to pictures, which I'll upload, taken from around Liverpool. I was inspired to do this simply because I found a poem I typed up in 2009 - it was about my trip to the Anglican - I have left it in it's untouched format of upper and lower case, as I was later taught the poems are wrote in lower case during a writing course. I'll write more about the sites of the city - my observation and knowledge about the loccation. I'm a local but act like a 'tourist' in the sense I enjoy sightseeing & have numberous pictures. Will'o'Stars © Updated whenever I take pic's out and about.

The Alif Series #1 IBTIDAA- ابتدا Noun, Feminine beginning, commencement It is never too late for a new beginning of life. The story of Bakhtaawar Zayd and Gulaisha Bakhtaawar. How they struggle through daily life and yet come out victorious every single time. All for their babies. For their Saifaan, Yaaseen and their baby girl Mehtaab! ابتدا

Sonia Blunt alias samm is the average girl about to graduate from high school with good grades and great dreams, she's new to the real world and must undergo lots of different challenges to mold her into who she's to become. She has so many questions about the uncertainty in life and questions about love and lust, will she overcome? This is purely a figment of my imagination

**THIS BOOK CONTAINS LANGUAGE AND SCENES THAT SOME MAY FIND OFFENSIVE!** Graydens/The Tedious Life Of Ashley Astley was a book I had originally started during lockdown. Originally supposed to be a diary based on the peculiar, socially deficit 12/13 year old girl Ashley/Ash I had then got carried away and produced both first and third person accounts of the goings on - this however got too repetitive as I was basically repeating the same thing but in different perspectives. So now the story is split into two books: the original idea 'The Tedious Life Of Ashley Astley' and now 'Graydens' (the fictional school in which Ashley attends) which still has a basis around Ashley (in it's 3rd person perspective) also describes the goings on of the students and even some of the teachers in the shabby dysfunctional school based somewhere in the south east of England (bordering London) however never specified exactly where. Unfortunately many of the early chapters had been corrupted and so I have to rewrite them both in Graydens and TTLOAA. Fortunately some of the chapters are either fully intact or have partial snippets of the story/stories which I shall add whilst I rewrite the rest. This book is continuous and so 3 or so years later I'm still writing on and off. I have no idea when this will be finished or if it will be finished. Likely these stories will be a series in the foreseeable future... Although this is my first story I'll publish here, it isn't my first overall. I have written many stories since I was a child/teen (pencil/pen and paper) These are when I decided to pick up my virtual pen and start writing again now as an young adult.

Them... Those... People you'd deal with at work: - co-workers - bosses - customers Essentially, anybody you need to be around who could make things more difficult then they need to be. This is a blog-ish story accounting my personal experiences, along with the odd special chapter doccumenting the accounts of people I know. Though seemingly bleak, the aim of this series is to share and hopefully give people a bit of a boost, something to relate their experience to & know they're not odd or alone. Those around me & myself rant about work, some people don't have this luxury. I have had apparantely contrasting work & am able to more empathetic to specific sectors I knew little of before hand - so you'll likely find a work rant just for you. ;) Updated when stuff happens, I remember stuff or someone's told me stuff.

Lars has just experienced the worst day of his life. He has always been too common for the title he will inherit and the fact he is the son of a Lord means he will never be accepted as a commoner. Throw into the mix his disappointing career choice, his love of animals and the fact that both his parents have children they like better, it is hardly surprising that he starts to find things tough. But is this day worth dying for?

Destiny and Justin are from opposite sides of the tracks: she self-identifies as a 'chav', while he's a gonzo journalist, all about self-enlightenment. The pair meet at a house party and hit it off, despite the disapproval of her best friend, Vegas. For their third date he takes her on a film making expedition into the heart of London during the riots of Summer 2011. Justin is killed in absurdly horrific circumstances, leaving Destiny to examine her future choices. Has meeting Justin made that all important small change necessary for her to realise her true potential?

When the power-hungry, corrupt government puts even more mirthless restrictions in place, Britain is forbidden any joy, happiness or love. 'for a better working class.' they say. 'to boost the failing economy.' Violet, a hot-headed and strong-willed Irish girl, studying in an English university, finds herself in the middle of this situation. Compelled by passion and belief, she sets out to do what no one has done before - attain the England she knows and loves.

Taking a walk to free your mind isn't always a freeing as it's supposed to be, being an introvert doesn't mean to be alone it means to walk in thought.

Jax, a gay teen fresh out of high school, is stuck between figuring out his future and surviving his chaotic home life. Living with his tough but caring manager Kris and her two daughters-rebellious Rene and overachieving Katie-Jax's life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Levi, a mysterious boy weighed down by small-town expectations and secrets of his own. As dreams blur into reality, Jax finds himself drawn to Levi in ways he can't explain, while Rene struggles with feelings she won't admit. In a small Southern town where everyone is searching for freedom, can Jax uncover the truth about Levi-and himself-before it's too late?

It's about the misery of the working class, and the feelings that we have today watching the future comes closer with their machine that will replace us, until we have nothing to eat. It is about the system that keep us hungry, stressful, angry and depressed.

After another long day of misery at work, Early returns to her apartment. Even there, nothing seems to go her way.