And it’s only by being your true self that you can find happiness.įrances is going to need every bit of courage she has.Ī YA coming of age read that tackles issues of identity, the pressure to succeed, diversity and freedom to choose, Radio Silence is a tour de force by the most exciting writer of her generation. It’s only by facing up to your fears that you can overcome them. Meanwhile at uni, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets.

She has to confess why Carys disappeared… Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past… Alice is also the author of four YA novels: Solitaire, Radio Silence, I Was Born for This, and Loveless. Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.Ĭaught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances’ dreams come crashing down. I reach out and brush the flour off his face. Jimmy rubs his forehead, somehow getting even more baking ingredients on himself.

He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. Rowan is furiously hand-whisking his mixture with something close to a snarl on his face. Nothing will stand in her way not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside.īut when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?įrances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, author of Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – now a major Netflix series.

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