![]() ![]() The girls form a quick intense friendship, soon spending the majority of their time together often getting into scrapes and regularly ditching school to hang out around the neighbourhood, drinking and taking drugs. Cat gravitates towards Marlena, this interesting, cool girl who seems troubled and wayward. She lives with her drug dealing father and her somewhat neglected younger brother after their mother ran out on them. Lonely Cat finds herself fascinated with Marlena across the street. ![]() She uses alcohol as a crutch and can be found comatose in bed most nights. Her mum is struggling somewhat with being suddenly single and bringing up her two teenage children alone. I’m glad to say this book was no exception.ġ5 year old Cat has just moved to a new town with her mother and brother Jimmy, following the breakdown of her parents marriage. ![]() My least favourite protagonist would be a teenage girl and this book has two….but I’m becoming much more willing to give books a go these days because I’ve discovered some blinkin corkers this way. I am not a fan of teenage ‘angsty’ stories. I have to hold my hands up and say I didn’t really know what to expect with this novel. Firstly I’d like to say huge thanks to Picador and Grace Harrison for the proof of this book. ![]()
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