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(REVISION #7) When a naïve, rambunctious teenager coerces her way into her sibling rival’s singing act in 1963’s England, her sister hates her for it. Succumbing to the seductive excesses of a Rock’n Roll lifestyle, she ends up pregnant, and after a botched illegal abortion, has to re-evaluate her life and make amends to her sister to stop the downward spiral. 
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(REVISION #5) England 1963. When a naïve teenager launches a singing career with her sister, she is overwhelmed by the seductive excesses of the Rock’n Roll lifestyle. She falls in love, loses her virginity, finds out her boyfriend is married, gets drunk, has revenge sex, ends up pregnant and has to make a difficult decision that will change her life forever. 
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