Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma | 
pickA fantastic read, finished in a day. A raw and real-feeling account of a mother and daughters‘ living on the bread line, fighting their own demons and trying to escape to a better life.
pickA fantastic read, finished in a day. A raw and real-feeling account of a mother and daughters‘ living on the bread line, fighting their own demons and trying to escape to a better life.
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Janie grows up amidst unemployment, alcoholism, depression and drugs in Scotland in the ‘80s. A vicious circle with endless hopeful new starts and inevitable bad outcomes. Written from the child Janie‘s point of view this isn‘t self pitying, there is often humour - albeit dark - yet as you‘d expect the story is hard to read at times. That said much of it is oddly entertaining. Overall this sad story is told with tenderness and humour.
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Janie grows up amidst unemployment, alcoholism, depression and drugs in Scotland in the ‘80s. A vicious circle with endless hopeful new starts and inevitable bad outcomes. Written from the child Janie‘s point of view this isn‘t self pitying, there is often humour - albeit dark - yet as you‘d expect the story is hard to read at times. That said much of it is oddly entertaining. Overall this sad story is told with tenderness and humour.
pickIt was my first book by the author, and hopefully I will read more!
The book is widely autobiographical. There is some romanced stuff, but in general the author stick to the reality of her life.
It is really well written, with short sentences that go straight to the point. We can feel the emotions and the fear of this little girl.
We were a glass family, she was a glass ma and I needed to wrap us up, handle her gently.
