Life's Obstacles

About the Book

Life’s Obstacles is an assortment of poems, short stories and other creative writing pieces. The variety ranges from love to peer pressure. Most of Bradley’s writing comes from her life and past experiences. She writes about her family and her friends, and describes what a true friend is. There are pieces on falling in love and falling out of love. Some are about death and how death sometimes produces a positive outcome in certain situations. Several are about sibling rivalry, and how in some circumstances, it can get out of control to the point of serious violence. A large portion of them are about peer pressure, and how that influences different things like eating disorders and low self-esteem. Along with these serious topics are some laid back, creative pieces. For example, there are poems about colors and what they mean to people. There is also a piece where it shows you that you can write a whole poem using a single word. Pieces like these are certainly appropriate for the younger readers. Although most of this book is suitable for the more mature readers, who can fully relate to theses mature pieces. Life’s Obstacles unquestionably shows off Bradley’s impressive writing skills to have the ability and fortitude to write about topics that are above and beyond most sixteen year olds minds.

About the Author

MaryKate Bradley was born on October 14, 1989. She currently attends Sachem East High school, where she is in her junior year. MaryKate lives at home in Farmingville, New York with her mother and four brothers. This is MaryKate’s first published book. In her free time she enjoys singing, writing, shopping, television and movies, and hanging out with her friends. In school, MaryKate is on the Varsity Gymnastics team and Track team. She is also a part of Symphonic Choir. MaryKate’s goals for the future are graduating High school in the spring of 2007, and attending college in the fall, where she plans on majoring in Education. MaryKate dreams of having a successful career, falling in love, getting married and starting a family of her own one day.