Shuggie BainA heart wrenchingly moving first novel set in Glasgow during the Thatcher years, Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy's doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.

ceaselessly and ingeniously making them new

drives their car off the road and kills her

mixed with shed facts and some practical information too

couldn't they

and so they must embark on a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece towards an uncertain future in Britain

Not the dull-as-dishwater post-match interviews you sometimes see on TV

this is an indispensable guide for everyone interested in wild food

As questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town

with unhelpful gender stereotypes contributing to this malaise

this was a trade of equals

and how society undervalues and misunderstands introverts

This book consists of puzzles that test a wide range of skills that might be expected of a pilot