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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Stuart, Douglas, 1976-     Subjects     Working class families -- Fiction.     Boys -- Fiction.     Mothers and sons -- Fiction.     Women alcoholics -- Fiction.     Alcoholics -- Fiction.     Booker Prize.     Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stuart, Douglas, 1976-       by title:      Shuggie Bain : a nov...       by call number:      FICTION STU     Search the Web     Stuart, Douglas, 1976-     Working class families -- Fiction.     Boys -- Fiction.     Mothers and sons -- Fiction.     Women alcoholics -- Fiction.     Alcoholics -- Fiction.     Booker Prize.     Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Shuggie Bain : a novel / by Douglas Stuart. by Stuart, Douglas, 1976- Grove Press, 2020. Call #: FICTION STU Subjects Working class families -- Fiction.   Boys -- Fiction.   Mothers and sons -- Fiction.   Women alcoholics -- Fiction.   Alcoholics -- Fiction.   Booker Prize.   Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780802148506 9780802148049 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  430 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light but a burden for him and his siblings. She dreams of a house with its own front door while she flicks through the pages of the Freemans catalogue, ordering a little happiness on credit, anything to brighten up her grey life. Married to a philandering taxi-driver husband, Agnes keeps her pride by looking good--her beehive, make-up, and pearly-white false teeth offer a glamourous image of a Glaswegian Elizabeth Taylor. But under the surface, Agnes finds increasing solace in drink, and she drains away the lion's share of each week's benefits--all the family has to live on--on cans of extra-strong lager hidden in handbags and poured into tea mugs. Agnes's older children find their own ways to get a safe distance from their mother, abandoning Shuggie to care for her as she swings between alcoholic binges and sobriety. Shuggie is meanwhile struggling to somehow become the normal boy he desperately longs to be, but everyone has realized that he is "no right," a boy with a secret that all but him can see. Agnes is supportive of her son, but her addiction has the power to eclipse everyone close to her--even her beloved Shuggie."--Publisher. Awards:  Winner of the Booker Prize, 2020. Genre:  Domestic fiction. Bildungsromans. Literary fiction. First novel. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Trace   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Checked out Jul 13, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Adult Display 1   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION STU Adult books Adult Display 1   Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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