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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma

Kerry Hudson (author)

Paperback Published on: 04/07/2013

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Synopsis

When Janie Ryan is born, she is destined to be the latest in a long line of Aberdeen fishwives.

Ahead of her lies a life filled with feckless men, filthy council flats and bread & marge sandwiches.

But Janie isn't like the rest of them. She wants a different life.

And Janie, born and bred for combat, is ready to fight for it.

Winner of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust First Book Award 2013, Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Sky Arts Awards, the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year, the Portsmouth First Fiction Award, the Green Carnation Prize and the Polari Prize

Publisher information

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099554622
Number of pages: 272
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 16 mm
Weight: 192g
Languages: English

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This is the childhood i am so glad i didn't have!

A lovely well written story of Janie Ryan growing up on a series of very rough council estates, of how her single mother managed to stumble out of one disa... READ MORE

j thomas

Kept reading...

Janie Ryan is born to a long line of Aberdeen fish wives and into a childhood of living in hostels, B&Bs and council estates. This book follows the trials ... READ MORE

Hayley23

Funny and observant

Janie Ryan is born to a single mother in Aberdeen and lives on the bottom rung of society. Her childhood consists of dangerous housing estates, B&Bs, a lon... READ MORE

CuteBadger

Enjoyable

This could have been a very depressing read had it not been for Kerry Hudson's excellent and witty writing. Kerry Hudson paints a vivid picture of a littl... READ MORE

Slongette

A great debut novel

Debut novels are usually loosely autobiographical, drawing on the author’s life experiences. Kerry Hudson spent a lot of her young life growing up on Counc... READ MORE

sharon237

Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma

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