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Mungo is a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow in the early 1990s. His mother, a struggling alcoholic, is hardly ever home, leaving Mungo and his two older siblings to figure out life on their own. Mungo's older brother, Hamish, is a brutal local gang leader unafraid of anything with a menacing reputation and future laid out in front of him. He demands Mungo accompany him to show that the Hamilton name will live on. Mungo's older sister, Jodie, is left to take care of
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‘Young Mungo’ by Douglas Stuart was memorable and required me to walk slowly with the characters as they fought through their day-to-day lives. This title was gorgeously written, yet incredibly heartbreaking and breathtaking.
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Mungo is a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow in the early 1990s. His mother, a struggling alcoholic, is hardly ever home, leaving Mungo and his two older siblings to figure out life on their own. Mungo's older brother, Hamish, is a brutal local ...more
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Mungo is a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow in the early 1990s. His mother, a struggling alcoholic, is hardly ever home, leaving Mungo and his two older siblings to figure out life on their own. Mungo's older brother, Hamish, is a brutal local ...more
DNF at 30%
couldn't handle the trauma. ...more
couldn't handle the trauma. ...more
