Jake's World: The Weight of It

Jake has a plan.Six weeks. 5:40am alarms. A protein spreadsheet that would make most people his age lose the will to live. One shot at a football trial that could actually mean something.He's not obsessed. There's a difference between obsessed and focused.At least, that's what he keeps telling himself.Somewhere between the progress photos and the pre-dawn sessions, Jake stops being able to tell what he's doing it for. The gap between who he is and who he's supposed to be keeps widening - and the harder he trains, the bigger it gets.The Weight of It is the first Jake's World novel: a sharp, funny, and quietly honest story about being sixteen and male and in your own head about it. About what mates don't say, what dads can't quite manage to say, and the slow business of working out what actually matters.No life lessons. No epiphanies. Just Jake.

Pages: 133, Paperback, Independently published