August 1999 - Eudoxia (You-Doe-Shuh) "Doshi" Brandenburg is a 18 year old senior in high school, hoping to go to her dream school and eventually make it big as a drummer. She plays off as being tough as nails, but deep down she really just wants to be loved for who she is, despite the fact she's never quite fit in with or measured up to social expectations. She loves David Bowie (it's something she shared with her dad since childhood), red lipstick, black leather jackets, and people who buck the system. She and her best friends, Alice Poynter, Charlotte Wolfe, and Valentina Espinoza formed a band, XaostheorY (Chaos Theory), and set out to become the next big riot grrrl band. But all of that is far off. In the mean time, Eudoxia realizes being a heavy set, curly haired brunette punk girl in suburban Indiana poses quite the challenge, despite all the privileges she has. Not falling in line with what she "should" be makes for an extra set of challenges as she navigates love, betrayal, teenaged pregnancy (not her own), her sexual identity, her lifelong relationship with Alice, and her father's infidelities. After all is said and done, Eudoxia sits down and puts pen to paper, crafting a poem, "Porcelain Doll" to let go of all of the struggles of her last year of childhood. By the time graduation comes around, she's ready to launch into adulthood, and chase her dreams of fame and fortune.جميع الحقوق محفوظة