Synopsis
The body can be cool, strong and fascinating, but there are also a lot of things about the body that can seem strange, embarrassing and annoying - but hey - everyone feels that way. It's perfectly normal!
Søren Brostrøm tells it like it is - straightforwardly and without getting red cheeks, because he's used to talking about it, and he knows that the more we talk about the embarrassing things - the more normal it will feel.
When you feel alone and weird, it's really nice to know that there are a lot of other people who are going through exactly the same thing as you. So let's talk about all the sudden changes, about things growing, about hair and sweat. Let's rejoice in the big and small body parts and celebrate the fact that we are all so different and yet completely the same.
The book is full of fun illustrations by Bjørn Nørbo Andersen.
Personal note from the author
Søren Brostrøm on when he was a teenager:
When I was 13 years old, we moved to Alabama in the southern United States. I didn't understand what they were saying. I had pimples all over my face. I was too skinny and scrawny to play American football, which the cool kids at school played. And then I was starting to think that boys were hot. I felt all wrong, like I had landed on another planet.
Thomas Brunstrøm on when he was a teenager:
As a teenager, I spent a lot of time thinking about everything that was wrong with me and my body, and unfortunately it wasn't until I became an adult that I realised that pretty much everyone feels the same way. And if everyone feels wrong, then no-one is really wrong, so I really wish I had realised that back then.
