Gritty novel about growing up in council housing in and around Aberdeen, Scotland. Hudson makes an interesting narrative choice is having Janie Ryan narrate what she observes around her from the very moment she emerges from the womb. According to Janie, who is descended from fishwives, the first...
It was pension day. Ma sat in a nylon nightie, one with scratchy lace around the sleeves, stirring the oatmeal-and-onion slop into her tatties. ‘Aye, well, it just wasnae what I was expectin’, that’s all. I’ve only been home a few days.’ ‘I just thought, since she isnae ta...