
HOW IT FEELS
By Brendan Cowell
"I
had no idea how free we were. That's how free I was."
An
old friend, a best friend, a first love and the dreamer Neil Cronk who connects
them all... Four schoolfriends are on the verge of adulthood and the next 12 hours
will change the course of their lives... Friendships will be broken, virginity
lost, love unleashed and secrets buried.
A decade later, one
is dead, one is famous, two are getting married, and the truth is about to erupt.
Wildly funny, brutal, tender and true, 'How It Feels' is a coming-of-age
story set in Sydney's Sutherland Shire with stopovers in Bathurst and London.
Brendan Cowell's electrifying debut novel is a devastating ode to youth, capturing
the beauty of growing up by the beach, and the darkness which moves beneath its
surface. Because this is how it feels.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Brendan
Cowell is an Australian actor, writer and director. He was born in Cronulla, New
South Wales, and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Media at Charles Sturt
University, Bathurst. Brendan's plays have been produced by prominent theatre
companies in Australia and internationally, and he has received the Patrick White
Playwrights' Award, the Griffin Award and the Philip Parsons Young Playwright's
Award. Brendan played the popular character Tom in Love My Way and wrote many
episodes of the critically acclaimed television drama series which won the AFI
Award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons (2005-2007).
He has played the lead role in feature films, including the 2007 crime drama 'Noise',
for which he was awarded a Film Critics Circle Award and nominated for an AFI
Award, World War I drama 'Beneath Hill 60' and rom-com 'I Love You Too'. Brendan
played Hamlet in a 2009 Bell Shakespeare production. Brendan lives in Newtown,
Sydney, and is a committed supporter of the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team.
HOW IT FEELS is available now.