Olive & Vivien are sisters, born in London to Jamnaican parents brought up on a council estate. They go to the same grammar school. Vivien's life becomes a chaotic mix of friendships, youth clubs, skinhead violence, A-levels, discos and college. Olive, three years older and a skin shade darker, has a very different tale to tell...

Having been of a similar age in the time that this book was written to portray I could identify with many of the issues that this book describes.