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Marco Di Mario is ready for college-that is until he starts having panic attacks before orientation even starts.
Until Marco can get his health under control, his mom forces him to defer uni and asks him to start seeing a therapist. But that's the last thing Marco wants to do, so to prove he's not anxious and doesn't need any help he goes behind their back to set sail with an estranged uncle who's a cruise ship director.
As fate would have it, his best friend ends up working on the same cruise as Marco and together they decide he needs to get used to messing up things on purpose-and in the process messes up a lot on accident. Between trying to figure out how his uncle became estranged, fights with his best friend, and a new fling, Marco will have to learn he can't always be right. Originally from Ballarat, Australia, Tobias now lives in New York City with his husband, Daniel, and their Cavoodle, Ollie. In 2019, Tobias edited and published Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories. He also co-wrote the cabaret show Siblingship, which played to sold-out audiences in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Tobias's debut novel, Anything But Fine, was published in 2021 and shortlisted for ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children. His second novel, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell, is available now. Tobias is a passionate member of the #LoveOzYA and LGBTQ+ communities, and he currently works full-time in digital marketing.
Until Marco can get his health under control, his mom forces him to defer uni and asks him to start seeing a therapist. But that's the last thing Marco wants to do, so to prove he's not anxious and doesn't need any help he goes behind their back to set sail with an estranged uncle who's a cruise ship director.
As fate would have it, his best friend ends up working on the same cruise as Marco and together they decide he needs to get used to messing up things on purpose-and in the process messes up a lot on accident. Between trying to figure out how his uncle became estranged, fights with his best friend, and a new fling, Marco will have to learn he can't always be right. Originally from Ballarat, Australia, Tobias now lives in New York City with his husband, Daniel, and their Cavoodle, Ollie. In 2019, Tobias edited and published Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories. He also co-wrote the cabaret show Siblingship, which played to sold-out audiences in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Tobias's debut novel, Anything But Fine, was published in 2021 and shortlisted for ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children. His second novel, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell, is available now. Tobias is a passionate member of the #LoveOzYA and LGBTQ+ communities, and he currently works full-time in digital marketing.
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"A sincere, heartfelt, and hilarious look at what can happen when life forces us off-course"
and onto a cruise ship, no less