Juano Diaz

Mar 8, 2024 | booksfromscotland.com | Juano Diaz |Patrick E. Jamieson

‘But best of all it is dead silent: no sound of greetin’ weans, no shouting staff, no screaming- drunk Mummy.

Feb 29, 2024 | l8r.it | Juano Diaz |Daisy Cooper |Michelle Zauner |David Harewood

Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. "This haunting novel-like memoir about an extraordinary journey from childhood neglect to finding strength as an adult reveals how we have the power to escape the cards we’re dealt." View All Editions £20.00 £18.00 In Stock. Same day dispatch on orders before 3pm.

Feb 20, 2024 | attitude.co.uk | Juano Diaz

Mum is wrong about me not having any friends; I do have a couple at school. I met an older boy who works in the chip shop in Coatbridge, too. At school lunchtime, he serves me. Sometimes he takes a break and stands outside and smokes, chatting with the popular boys who are fussed over and adored by the popular girls. When he does this, I purposely keep my distance, and head elsewhere for lunch. Then he joined Dad’s boxing club and somehow over the training we bonded. He is a boy called Mario.

Jan 9, 2024 | booksfromscotland.com | Juano Diaz

By (author) Juano Diaz ‘This is a heart-breaking story, beautifully told. I hope it finds a million readers’ – Andrew O’Hagan‘What a brave and powerful story. If you like Shuggie Bain and Damian Barr then Slumboy is for you’ – Lemn Sissay‘Compulsively readable, it’s Dickensian in its rich cast of Glaswegian characters’ – Patrick GaleJohn MacDonald must find his mother. Born into the slums of Glasgow in the late ’70s, a 4-year-old John’s life is filled with the debris of alcoholism and poverty.