Sarah and Adam have finished high school and are headed for the next chapter of their lives: college. After that, they plan to go to Hollywood together and test their fates - she as an actress and he as a writer.
But when one of their closest friends dies in a plane crash, everything changes. Her death ripples through their world, and when they arrive on campus, college isn’t what they thought it would be.
Their dreams, their friendship, their future – none of it may last.
Freshmankind continues the saga begun in Weston and Joe – the third chapter of Gregory Attaway’s The Great Ones. It’s a story that explores what is left once innocence is shattered. How far the strongest of friendships can go before it breaks. It’s a story of grief, guilt, and hope.
Gregory Attaway lives in Irving, Texas (a suburb of Dallas), which suits his literary leanings well since the city is supposedly named for Washington Irving, famed writer of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He has lived in and around Dallas for most of his life, having also lived briefly on both coasts. A graduate of the University of North Texas, he lives with his two dogs, Cara and Lois, and his imaginary friends.
A writer since the second grade, Gregory’s completed projects include The Glen Headwood Show – exclusively available for free to subscribers to his e-mail list. Sign up at gregoryattaway.com.
He has written three other books in The Great Ones series – Weston, Joe, and Freshmankind, and Dreams.The fifth and sixth books are in progress.
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This 3rd installment of Gregory Attaway’s series The Great Ones focuses on class of 1997 high school grad Adam Archer. Attaway does a commendable job of portraying the timeless, sometimes too-big sentimentality and egocentricity of teenagers. The characters are vibrant and developed as they each grapple with what they should do, both as kids with connections and adults with unknown futures. The pacing dragged a bit toward the end of part 2, however picked back up and the ended in a way that makes me interested to read the next one!