Description
It is 1981, and Glasgow is dying as struggling families turn to whatever means they can to survive. Agnes Bain dreams of a better life, but after her unfaithful husband abandons her, she and her three children become trapped in a devastated mining town. As Agnes sinks deeper into alcoholism, the children try to save her, until they are forced to leave her to save themselves. Her son Shuggie holds out hope the longest. Different, fussy and fastidious, he shares his mother’s sense of propriety, while other children bully him and adults dismiss him as not right. Shuggie believes that if he tries hard enough, he can become normal and help his mother escape. Douglas Stuart’s novel exposes the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love and the hollowness of pride in a blistering debut.
Information
Author: Stuart Douglas
Language: English
Publication date: April 15, 2021
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Fiction in english, English novels, Adult lgbtq+ books in english, Lgbtq+ books in english
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 448
ISBN/EAN: 9781529019292