Download or read book The Leaving written by Gabriella West and published by Gabriella West. This book was released on 2011-05-30 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 15, Cathy is an intelligent misfit living in 1980s Dublin. She soon discovers that her charming older brother Stevie, who's gay, is falling in love with the one boy in school whom she likes. Cathy struggles with her repressed, unhappy family, coming to terms with her attraction to her best friend Jeanette, and leaving Ireland. The Leaving is a realistic look at adolescence and first love.