The Missing Teenager
Writer Mark Illis explores why he has forgotten much of his teenage years and wonders if forgetting is a natural process, a part of growing up.
Writer Mark Illis explores why he has forgotten much of his teenage years and wonders if forgetting is a natural process, a part of growing up. Marred by ill health these were difficult years in his life, now lost in a grey fog. Has he actively chosen to forget? Or is his inner teenager still there, sulking behind a closed door?
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