Kathleen Glasgow

You know, like what is addiction and how does it latch on to some people and not others? And what are those reasons behind it? And like I said, it's that thing inside you, like what happened to you? And she's stuck in this awful place with like parents who are fighting with each other. She's been parentified because she has to take care of her little sister and try to protect her.

You know, like what is addiction and how does it latch on to some people and not others? And what are those reasons behind it? And like I said, it's that thing inside you, like what happened to you? And she's stuck in this awful place with like parents who are fighting with each other. She's been parentified because she has to take care of her little sister and try to protect her.

You know, like what is addiction and how does it latch on to some people and not others? And what are those reasons behind it? And like I said, it's that thing inside you, like what happened to you? And she's stuck in this awful place with like parents who are fighting with each other. She's been parentified because she has to take care of her little sister and try to protect her.

And she's her grandmother, who's the person who gave her her first drink, you know, playing Scrabble at her house, like here, just have a little bit of this. But her grandmother was also the only person that really accepted her and was unconditionally loving. And it is sort of a COVID book because...

And she's her grandmother, who's the person who gave her her first drink, you know, playing Scrabble at her house, like here, just have a little bit of this. But her grandmother was also the only person that really accepted her and was unconditionally loving. And it is sort of a COVID book because...

And she's her grandmother, who's the person who gave her her first drink, you know, playing Scrabble at her house, like here, just have a little bit of this. But her grandmother was also the only person that really accepted her and was unconditionally loving. And it is sort of a COVID book because...

Like, especially if you're writing fiction now, you kind of, even if it's not on the page, you have to understand that each and every one of your characters, if it's contemporary, went through the pandemic. And they probably lost people. Or if they were kids, they had to stay home and do remote learning. And that's like a whole other thing. And that affected like their social development.

Like, especially if you're writing fiction now, you kind of, even if it's not on the page, you have to understand that each and every one of your characters, if it's contemporary, went through the pandemic. And they probably lost people. Or if they were kids, they had to stay home and do remote learning. And that's like a whole other thing. And that affected like their social development.

Like, especially if you're writing fiction now, you kind of, even if it's not on the page, you have to understand that each and every one of your characters, if it's contemporary, went through the pandemic. And they probably lost people. Or if they were kids, they had to stay home and do remote learning. And that's like a whole other thing. And that affected like their social development.

It really affected like a lot of kids' anxiety levels. And like Bella is struggling through that because they worked really hard to keep her grandmother safe through that whole thing. And then suddenly her grandmother like goes to the curb to get a newspaper and drops that. Like, what was that all for? Do you know what I mean? And so, but she's 15. She doesn't know how to articulate this.

It really affected like a lot of kids' anxiety levels. And like Bella is struggling through that because they worked really hard to keep her grandmother safe through that whole thing. And then suddenly her grandmother like goes to the curb to get a newspaper and drops that. Like, what was that all for? Do you know what I mean? And so, but she's 15. She doesn't know how to articulate this.

It really affected like a lot of kids' anxiety levels. And like Bella is struggling through that because they worked really hard to keep her grandmother safe through that whole thing. And then suddenly her grandmother like goes to the curb to get a newspaper and drops that. Like, what was that all for? Do you know what I mean? And so, but she's 15. She doesn't know how to articulate this.

And it is very much a book about, um,

And it is very much a book about, um,

And it is very much a book about, um,

severe anxiety and self-medication because we don't really talk enough about why kids might be drinking or doing drugs in the first place and I think for some of them a lot of it has to do with anxiety and depression because you feel better that's the thing we don't talk about you're like don't do drugs and it's also like but sometimes they make you feel better and And they chill you out.

severe anxiety and self-medication because we don't really talk enough about why kids might be drinking or doing drugs in the first place and I think for some of them a lot of it has to do with anxiety and depression because you feel better that's the thing we don't talk about you're like don't do drugs and it's also like but sometimes they make you feel better and And they chill you out.

severe anxiety and self-medication because we don't really talk enough about why kids might be drinking or doing drugs in the first place and I think for some of them a lot of it has to do with anxiety and depression because you feel better that's the thing we don't talk about you're like don't do drugs and it's also like but sometimes they make you feel better and And they chill you out.

And maybe that's something that could be helped with like a medication that's prescribed and some therapy. But, you know, sometimes you don't have access to those things, especially as kids. But you have access to alcohol.

And maybe that's something that could be helped with like a medication that's prescribed and some therapy. But, you know, sometimes you don't have access to those things, especially as kids. But you have access to alcohol.