The Very Metal Diary Of Cleo Howard 1997

Series produced by Sarah Tipper

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

The year is 1997. The location is Reading, England. We follow our main character, Cleo Howard, through an entire year in her life by hearing her diary. Cleo is fourteen years old at the start of the diary.

Cleo’s twin fascinations are music and men. She thanks Almighty Lemmy for heavy metal and for the existence of Barry and T-Reg. Barry Maynard is a builder and will be Cleo’s first boyfriend once she brings herself to actually speak to him rather than gazing upon him from afar. T-Reg is a fellow student, in the year above Cleo at school. He has a reluctant moustache and a lot of aftershave.

Cleo has two best friends. They keep her sane at school. Jenni is a clever, self-assured, posh Goth who always gets what she wants. Ian is a heavy metal fan who shares her love of music. nuclear This trio of amigos begin to frequent their local rock pub, The Green Man. To an outside observer Cleo might be considered a wild child but to those hearing her diary she has many sides and a moral compass she is developing as she goes.

Musically Cleo is different to most teenagers. She is not a fan of the Spice Girls. She has much better taste and likes albums with skulls and long haired men on the front covers.

Cleo comments in her diary on many news stories that were reported in 1997 including plans for the Millennium dome and Bill Clinton not having sex with that woman. The frustrations Cleo vents in her diary are grief, her slow to grow bosom, Maths and her overprotective mother. The salvations she writes about are friends, music, men and reading. She leads a rich inner life which we have access to. She is worldly, naïve, optimistic and funny. Hide full description

The year is 1997. The location is Reading, England. We follow our main character, Cleo Howard, through an entire year in her life by hearing her diary. Cleo is fourteen years old at the start of the diary. Cleo’s twin fascinations are music and men. She thanks Almighty Lemmy for heavy metal and for the existence of Barry and T-Reg. Barry Maynard is a builder and will be Cleo’s first boyfriend once she brings herself to actually speak to him rather than gazing upon him from afar. T-Reg is a fellow student, in the year above Cleo at school. He has a reluctant moustache and a lot of aftershave. Cleo has two best friends. They keep her sane at school. Jenni is a clever, self-assured, posh Goth who always gets what she wants. Ian is a heavy metal fan who shares her love of music.... Show full description


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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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English teenager obsessed with boys and heavy metal lets you listen to her deepest thoughts.

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