Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
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 taking the breast, it wouldnae make a difference if it was me or you. An’ McHennessy’s will bring in more than the dole.’ ‘But I’m sick of it, Ma. The white boots that reek of other women’s feet an’ the buckets of bloody water an’ fuckin’ stink of fish guts. I’m no’ a fishwife, I don’t want tae be one.’ ‘No’ good enough fer yeh, is that it? Miss High an’ Bloody Mighty thinks she’s too fancy fer the fishhouse now she’s been tae London and got herself preggers by a Yank? Well, what an affront. It was good enough tae put food on the table fer my ma and her ma before her.’ Ma stirred her tatties slower, twitched her left foot. ‘Naw, Ma, it’s no’ that.
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