03240cam a2200361 4500 590923138 TxAuBib 20220525120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781690564607 1690564601 0bbd801a-7729-423f-93a2-b0bec0addcc6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5273799 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Stuart, Douglas. Shuggie Bain [Libby]. Dreamscape Media, 2020. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 481MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 481MB. Fiction. Literature. This is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. 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. Meanwhile, Shuggie is 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. A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Award Finalist. Man Booker Prize for Fiction. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Notable Books for Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-24 20:00:02. King, Angus. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2343-1/5273799-ShuggieBain.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0bbd801a-7729-423f-93a2-b0bec0addcc6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2343-1/5273799-ShuggieBain.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0bbd801a-7729-423f-93a2-b0bec0addcc6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)