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1981. Glasgow. The city is dying. Poverty is on the rise. People watch the lives they had hoped for disappear from view. Agnes Bain had always expected more. She dreamed of greater things: a house with its own front door, a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect \u2013 but false \u2013 teeth). When her philandering husband leaves, she and her three children find themselves trapped in a mining town decimated by Thatcherism. As Agnes increasingly turns to alcohol for comfort, her children try their best to save her. Yet one by one they have to abandon her in order to save themselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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Laying bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride,\u00a0Shuggie Bain<\/em>\u00a0is a blistering and heartbreaking debut, and an exploration of the unsinkable love that only children can have for their damaged parents. (The Booker Prize)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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