A Different Experience

Desperate to emerge from an oppressive and tragic upbringing, 18 year old Phelanie Schizoska leaves home and struggles to find her deeper, true self. Told through Phelanie’s interactions with friends and through her own subjective reflections, A Different Experience explores a young woman’s struggle to find freedom and love. The story covers the immediate two years following Phelanie’s high school graduation, and her story takes sharp and unexpected turns. Both comic and tragic, A Different Experience takes the reader on an exciting ride to self transformation.