Name: Shuggie Bain
Brand: Picador
SKU: 9781529019292
Price: 284.0 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Author: Douglas Stuart
ISBN: 9781529019292

Author: Douglas Stuart

Paperback·Coming of Age

Shuggie Bain is a captivating novel that explores the heartbreaking realities of poverty, addiction, and a young boy's unwavering love for his troubled mother.

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It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life, dreaming of greater things. But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and as she descends deeper into drink, her children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest. Shuggie is different, he is clearly no' right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place. Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. For readers of A Little Life and Angela's Ashes, it is a heartbreaking novel by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to tell.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 430
Publisher: Picador
Language: English
ISBN: 9781529019292

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