Jasper has his hands full. Finishing high school would be hard enough without a mother pushing him to overachieve, and his friends pushing drugs down his throat. And then there’s his stepdad: moustache-wearing, patronising, and, as all the evidence suggests, a murderer.
Hilarious and heartbreaking by turns, Grow Up is packed full of funny, smart, entertaining swagger. A comedy in three parts it also offers a revelatory portrait of the pills, thrills and bellyaches of growing up today.
Extract
‘Jasper?’
‘Who is it?’
‘Abby.’
‘Uh. Hi, Abby.’
‘My period is late by two weeks, Jasper.’
‘THEN FUCKING HURRY IT UP.’
Tears (not mine).
‘I think I’m pregnant Jasper.’
‘I’m sorry, I think you have the wrong number.’
I hang up. I am insensitive and cruel. I am scared.
