Take something personal and make it universal. That's a credo most writers strive for (ones that hope for connection, anyway.) Jaime Andrews' COOKIE & THE MONSTER does just that, taking the specific hell of her adolescence during the late 80's and early 90's (a guesstimate going on the Jesus and Mary Chain tee one character wears and the strains of Depeche Mode's Violator eking out) and making it infinitely relatable to anyone who ever wanted out. Out of town, out of the house, out of their own s...
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