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“She was no use at maths homework, and some days you could starve rather than get a hot meal from her, but Shuggie looked at her now and understood this was where she excelled. Everyday with the make-up on and her hair done, she climbed out of her grave and held her head high. When she had disgraced herself with drink, she got up the next day, put on her best coat, and faced the world. When her belly was empty and her weans were hungry, she did her hair and let the world think otherwise.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
“Big Shug Bain had seemed so shiny in comparison to the Catholic. He had been vain in the way only Protestants were allowed to be, conspicuous with his shallow wealth, flushed pink with gluttony and waste.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
“To Shuggie, the aunties who came to visit were often worse. It was like Agnes’s worse qualities went out and found a friend.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
“Sadness made for a better houseguest; at least it was quiet, reliable, consistent.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
“The morning light was the colour of too-milky tea. It snuck into the bedsit like a sly ghost, crossing the carpet and inching slowly up his bare legs.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
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