ALL THE PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN by Colette Coen
128 x 198mm, 346 pages, Black & white printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2024
Maggie’s life is going nowhere, but when she has to flee following an attack, MindSet offer her a seat on their tour bus. So begins a journey that will change her life forever. Maggie becomes Meg, and the quiet girl cleaning the Apollo gradually becomes a key part of the band’s machinery. Each chapter takes the renamed Meg to a different city, but she avoids connecting with the world behind a camera lens. With an absent father and an ex-addict mother, she initially luxuriates in being controlled by others, but when she is saved from drowning by drummer Kyle, she emerges from the water more aware of her own power. As the miles that separate her from 1980s Glasgow increase, so does her confidence and she allows herself to fall in love. But hard as she tries, it’s difficult to out-run her past. Just when she thinks her troubles are over, one big secret replaces another. After of all the places she has ever been, is there anywhere else to run?
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