Dawn O’Porter 
Paper Aeroplanes 

I just can’t imagine me without you…



It’s the mid-1990s, and fifteen year-old Guernsey schoolgirls, Renée and Flo, are not really meant to be friends. Thoughtful, introspective and studious Flo couldn’t be more different to ambitious, extroverted and sexually curious Renée. But Renée and Flo are united by loneliness and their dysfunctional families, and an intense bond is formed. Although there are obstacles to their friendship (namely Flo’s jealous ex-best friend and Renée’s growing infatuation with Flo’s brother), fifteen is an age where anything can happen, where life stretches out before you, and when every betrayal feels like the end of the world. For Renée and Flo it is the time of their lives.



With graphic content and some scenes of a sexual nature, PAPER AEROPLANES is a gritty, poignant, often laugh-out-loud funny and powerful novel. It is an unforgettable snapshot of small-town adolescence and the heart-stopping power of female friendship.

About the author

Dawn O’Porter is a broadcaster, novelist and journalist who lives in Los Angeles with her husband Chris, two sons, cat Lilu and dog Potato. She has made numerous documentaries about all sorts of things: polygamy, childbirth, Geisha, body image, breast cancer and even the movie Dirty Dancing. Dawn is obsessed with vintage clothing and presented This Old Thing on C4, trying to convert high-streetaholics to the way of old threads.Goose, the sequel to Paper Aeroplanes, was published in 2014 and Dawn has published two novels for adults, The Cowsand So Lucky. She is highly prolific on Twitter and Instagram (@hotpatooties).