Hope for Newborns

by Rodge Glass

After serving in the British Army, Lewis's grandfather founded the Victory Barber Shop in Manchester in 1945. But three generations later the shop is being attacked by anti-war protesters and Lewis isn't sure what side he's on any more. Then an invitation arrives to join the charity Hope for Newborns.

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2008

About the author

Rodge Glass is the author of the novels No Fireworks (Faber, 2005) and Hope for Newborns (Faber, 2008), as well as Alasdair Gray: A Secretary’s Biography (Bloomsbury, 2008), which received a Somerset Maugham Award in 2009. Recently, he was co-author of the graphic novel Dougie’s War: A Soldier’s Story (Freight, 2010), which was nominated for several awards. He is currently a Programme Leader in Creative Writing at Edge Hill University, and was Associate Editor at Freight Books. His novel, Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs, was published in April 2012 by the multi-award winning Tindal Street Press, then as a paperback by Serpent’s Tail, and it appeared as Voglio la testa di Ryan Giggs in April 2013 (66thand2nd, Roma). His latest book, LoveSexTravelMusik, was published by Freight Books in April 2013 and was nominated for the International Frank O’Connor Award. His fiction has been published in Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Danish and Italian.
(from http://rodgeglass.com/ )

Reviews

[Karen]

This has absolutely no right to have the word 'hope' in its title. Yes, I know it's meant to be ironic and all that but, really, it was one of the most depressing books I'd read in a while. I ought to learn that there is often a reason for a book being sold very, very cheaply.