Ruth Nineke

This Is Growing Up Ruth Nineke

Brenda and Kevin's high school romance ends in senior year when he gets her best friend, Michelle, pregnant. Depressed and provoked by her verbally abusive mother, Brenda has a mental break, and runs away to live with her wildchild cousin, Alex. Meanwhile, Kevin's do-good parents take in Michelle and set up the young couple to raise their accidental family. Three years later, Michelle is a victim to Kevin's rage and resentment, but she'll do whatever it takes to preserve the picture of a life she always wanted. Bored of idling away, drinking liquor and smoking weed with her cousin, Brenda returns to high school, ready sort out her future - and satisfy her curiosity about Kevin and Michelle. A story about holding on, letting go, feeling angry, directionless, jealous, and hurt, being petty, and facing the facts. This Is Growing Up depicts the fall-out from lies and shattered dreams, how three young adults learn to cope with the consequences of their actions and accept the reality of their individual circumstance.