Things that happen

"They say teenagers know nothing about life. So, in the rare cases when I do know something, I make sure not to tell anyone. There are certain dangers in sharing profound thoughts when you have a colony of acne camped on your forehead – it's no accident that I'm talking to you anonymously. (...) Everything you need to know about me also fits into one day. A day that didn't need to be happy or sad to be memorable. It's possible it was both at the same time and I didn't even notice. Life is very much like that." "Coisas Que Acontecem" (Things That Happen), the first book by Inês Barata Raposo, and also the first title in Bruaá Editora's youth collection, is a story about friendship and the end of friendship during adolescence. A work that the Branquinho da Fonseca Award jury praised for its narrative skill, linguistic plasticity, and an unusual ability to use irony and a profound sense of humor to allude to some of the central themes in a teenager's life.