Tiggie Tompson's Longest Journey

Tiggie Tompson's Longest Journey charts two journeys in Tiggie's life: her evolution as an actor in her role as Eliza Matthews in the television drama, The Longest Journey; and her struggle into womanhood. On one level, Eliza's and Tiggie's journeys are parallel: Eliza voyages through peril to a new home; and Tiggie makes the transition through the complexities and difficulties of modern teenage life to arrive at a greater maturity. Eliza and Tiggie are both feisty characters and their similarities in personality are interwoven with the juxtapositions between the concerns of a 19th-century girl and a millennium chick . One of the main threads that runs through the story is Tiggie's portrayal of Eliza in a rape scene. Tiggie is deeply affected by it and is traumatised by the plight of Eliza. The scene is made all the more difficult by the advances of Tiggie's gorgeous boyfriend, Gareth - and the contrast between acts of love and violence are explored as Tiggie grapples with her own sexuality.