DO THE WRONG THING is based on a true story. You know those movies—the best ones—that take an already fantastic tale and notch it up with drama. They punch up the highs, punch down the lows, and give the people involved more colour, intelligence, and character than they had in real life. Do the Wrong Thing is like that.
The series opens with protagonist Ava Meuller describing her suicide attempt. She has trouble talking, second-guesses herself, and stumbles—but once she gets going, her story pours out. Sort of.
The weird thing about my suicide attempt, Ava says, was how normal and logical it felt—like a mundane task I had to do, “like brushing my teeth.” She claims her story isn’t about drudgery and pain—then backtracks and admits that it is. But also about how she escaped them.
“It’s a good story,” she continues. “Like a virus too small to see but having the power to kill.”
Written like a memoir, with journal entries from an older Ava reflecting on the life she’s led and encountered, the series captures the emergence of an everyday antihero—a Gen X Proust.
Do the Wrong Thing spans five books:
- Do the Wrong Thing (Book 1)
- Trouble Girl (Book 2)
- Shiny, Pretty, Gothic (Book 3, coming soon)
- Eyes of Different Colours (Book 4, coming soon)
- How Low Can You Go? (Book 5, working title, in progress)