Blues Harp Green

2017 Independent Publisher Book Award Young Adult Fiction eBook A funny quirky and realistic tale about growing up. Sometimes you just want to be perfect. And you obsess and fail and hold on way too tight....until it hurts. Then you let go and find your awesomeness in not being perfect at all.For sixteen-year-old Francie Mills life in the burbs is looking like everyone elses...kind of mediocre and boring. She hates her all-girl school loves her best friend is annoyed by her parents REALLY wants something exciting to happen and is obsessed with being amazing at tennis. Okay maybe the tennis thing is not so ordinary but still it would totally solve everything.But lately her dads drinking has been spiraling out of control and her tennis is tanking because of her knee injury and shes left feeling different and alone.Enter Chet Jones lead singer of garage-port band Blues Harp Jones. Somehow he gets Francie makes her feel special and is so cute! She falls hard like how-can-this-be-happening-when-I-just-met-you?-but-I-totally-feel-this-weird-and-deep-connection hard. What does it mean? What are all these feelings? Am I insane?Questions feelings hopes and imperfections swirl as Francie takes un-boring risks to see Chets band play in L.A making new friends in goth Stella and would-be Martin Scorcese Eddie. Eddie falls for Francie with his sweet quirky honesty but hes not as exciting as Chet which leaves Francie even more confused. But as Francie struggles with her questions and feelings of self-doubt and anger at her fathers failures she comes to a new understanding about human connections and realizes that if someone lets you down (or you let yourself down!) you can always pick yourself up and be loved as is maybe even loving yourself flaws and all as you find a little hope in the universe.