Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Author)

Won the Booker Prize in 2020. Douglas Stuart�s blistering and heartbreaking debut is an exploration of the unsinkable love that only children can have for their damaged parents.
1981, Glasgow. The city is dying. Poverty is on the rise. When her philandering husband walks out, leaving her with three children, Agnes turns to alcohol for comfort. The children try their best to save her. Yet one by one they have to abandon her in order to save themselves. Shuggie still holds out hope. But Shuggie has problems of his own, despite all his efforts to pass as �normal�. Agnes wants to protect her son, but her addiction has the power to eclipse everything. And everyone.