Seventeen

Seventeen is a captivating book penned by the talented Joe Gibson. Published recently in 2023 by Simon & Schuster Ltd, it is a fresh addition to the literary world. The story is a unique blend of genres, offering readers an immersive experience. Seventeen is more than just a title; it's a journey through the complex tapestry of life as seen through the eyes of a seventeen-year-old. Gibson has a knack for capturing the essence of the human spirit in his writing, making this book a must-read. Don't miss out on this compelling narrative from one of the most promising authors of our time.

It’s 1992. Like every other seventeen-year-old boy, Joe has one eye on his studies, the other on his social life – smoking, Britpop, girls. He’s looking ahead to a gap year full of travel and adventure before university when his teacher – attractive, mid-thirties – takes an interest in him. It seems like a fantasy come true.   For his final two years at school, he is bound to her, a woman twice his age, in an increasingly tangled web of coercion, sex and lies. Their affair, a product of complex grooming and a shocking abuse of authority, is played out in the corridors of one of Britain’s major private schools, under the noses of people who suspected, even knew, but said nothing.  Thirty years on, this is Joe’s gripping record of the illicit relationship that dominated his adolescence and dictated the course of his life for seventeen years. With a heady dose of nineties nostalgia and the perfectly captured mood of those final months at school, Joe charts the enduring legacy of deceit and the indelibility of decisions made at seventeen.