Deirdre, the Enigma

What's an intelligent teenager do upon deciding to leave home? Deirdre's answer is to wander the world, surviving on wits, wiles and will power. But it's not as easy as that!

Deirdre, the Wanderer, the Wellington Adventures:
Volume 7: Deirdre, the Enigma; FIRST edition, July 2025
In the most expansive, most intimate volume yet, Jonnie Comet's indefatigable teenaged heroine puts down roots at the farthest corner of the world with a with another new identity, a comfortable living situation, devoted friends, financial security and an improbably promising start to a most ironic choice of career. All may be looking up for her, at last. But can sweet, sensitive sixteen-year-old Deirdre shed the spectre of unhappy associations with the past? -and can all she has accomplished steel her for the eye-opening realities she must yet face in a life in public view... and beyond?

'It is nought but the fear of woman's heart,
And a dream of the night, Deirdre.' - Celtic faery-tale.

NOTE: this is a fanciful story and does not depict, condone or encourage real-life behaviour.
May contain moderately-risqué content - sexual situations, alcohol abuse, drugs, impolite language, crime, violence (alá BBFC '15' rating).

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