For When You're A Man (under reconstruction)
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Last published Sun, Jul 12, 2020
17-year-old Noah Oduwole lives in chaos. He goes from his crumbling flat on top of a betting shop to a school where people wouldn't know struggle if it grew giant legs kicked them in the face. His Dad's health has been deteriorating for the last few years, when he finally passes, there are a bundle of letters addressed to him entitled 'For when you're a man'. Will navigating family, friends, love and loss help him get there?
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