Winner of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust First Book Award 2013, Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Sky Arts Awards, the Authors'' Club Best First Novel Award, the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year, the Portsmouth First Fiction Award, the Green Carnation Prize and the Polari Prize

‘More than just one of the best debuts of the year; one of the best books of the yearIt should do for Aberdeen what Trainspotting did for Edinburgh’ Louise Welsh, Herald

When Janie Ryan is born, she is destined to be the latest in a long line of Aberdeen fishwives.

Ahead of her lies a life filled with feckless men, filthy council flats and bread & marge sandwiches.

But Janie isn’t like the rest of themShe wants a different life.

And Janie, born and bred for combat, is ready to fight for it.

Format Häftad Omfång 272 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Vintage Publishing Utgivningsdatum 2013-07-04 ISBN 9780099554622