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Responsible Other
About this book
Daisy is sixteen. She was normal. Now she's just an ill person with a disease no one has heard of. The hospital tells her father Peter that she must travel regularly to London for specialist treatment â but how on earth will he get time off work? There's one person he could ask for help. Problem is, Daisy's not going to like it⌠Responsible Other is a bittersweet comedy which examines the complexities of family life.
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TWO
PETER and DAISYâs living room.
ALICE has let herself in. She is wearing school uniform. DAISY appears to be asleep.
ALICE: | Hi! |
I got a new keyring. | |
Itâs a polar bear. | |
DAISY: | You have a keyring addiction. |
ALICE: | Why are you always asleep when I get here? |
DAISY: | Iâm not. |
ALICE: | Some of us have been at school all day. |
Slaving away. At school. You know? School. | |
Hiya. | |
DAISY: | Hi. |
ALICE: | What did you dream about? |
DAISY: | Nothing. |
ALICE: | Mr Phillips? |
DAISY: | No. |
ALICE: | But you did, didnât you? |
DAISY: | No. |
ALICE: | You had sex with Mr Phillips in your dream didnât you? |
DAISY: | No! |
ALICE: | OMG. You literally did have sex with him in your dream though, didnât you? |
DAISY: | Donât make me chunder, Alice. Heâs rotten. And married. |
ALICE eats a biscuit. | |
ALICE: | I turn into a right diva when Iâm hungry. |
DAISY: | I thought your mum had you on a diet? |
ALICE: | Are you saying Iâm chunks? |
DAISY: | No! |
ALICE: | I am really fat though. No! I am! I know I am. |
DAISY: | Youâre not. |
ALICE: | Trying not to eat breakfast. |
DAISY: | Alice. |
ALICE: | Only had a packet of Chipsticks for lunch. |
DAISY: | Theyâre crisps. |
ALICE: | Yeah but they are literally sticks of air. You canât survive on them. |
DAISY: | Youâre not fat. |
ALICE: | Iâve been starving all day, so itâs working. |
DAISY: | Youâre not fat! |
ALICE: | Phase two is to hopefully catch bulimia before Normandy. But definitely before One Direction at the 02. |
DAISY: | You canât catch bulimia, you idiot! |
ALICE whips out a l... |
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Characters
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen