Dust & A First World Problem: Two plays

by Milly Thomas

Dust: Life, Alice thinks, isn't worth living. So, Alice kills herself. Sort of. Forced to watch the aftermath of her suicide and its ripple effect on her family and friends, Alice quickly learns that death changes people. And that death isn't the change she hoped for. A First World Problem: Set in one of Britain's most privileged schools, three teenage girls are in possession of an envelope whose contents will determine the rest of their lives. But one of them is not the sort of young woman the school is supposed to produce. There is porn on her laptop and pills in her book bag, and she is prepared to do anything to get where she wants.

Genres: Plays

128 pages, Paperback

Published August 3, 2017

Reviews

[Natasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Thomas’ work. She doesn’t shy away from giving female characters lots of words. And she doesn’t shy away from the realities we don’t talk about. The ugly parts of being mentally ill and/ or sheltered

[Jennie Haines · Rating 4 out of 5]

conceptually, i preferred dust to a first world problem. in terms of characterisation and structure and dialogue, i did prefer a first world problem. i look forward to reading more by milly thomas.