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I was sixteen. I lived inside of myself way more than I lived inside of this town.

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

March 6, 2025 by carmelpie 1 Comment

I started grabbing everything I could find and I had no idea what other people thought was good or what was important. And so I almost never told anyone what I liked because I was terrified that they would tell me how stupid it was. Every single thing that you loved became the source of both intense obsession and possible shame. Everything was a secret. ― Kevin Wilson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic Frankie is a sixteen-year-old girl with three feral older brothers […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: American South, Girl Coming of Age, growing up/coming of age, Kevin Wilson, rural america, secrets, small town mysteries, teenage angst, Tennessee, that escalated quickly, the 1990s, what is art?

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: American South, Girl Coming of Age, growing up/coming of age, Kevin Wilson, rural america, secrets, small town mysteries, teenage angst, Tennessee, that escalated quickly, the 1990s, what is art? ·
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    I definitely do it with shows too
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