Synopsis from Amazon:

Kathy Kelly, born in the heart of Glasgow's tough East End Barras Market, is part of a family riven by favouritism and jealousies, by slights, real and imagined. She grows up with a sharp wit and a quick temper, engaging in verbal warfare with those who cross her, her father, her grandmother, the local parish priest - Kathy Kelly takes no prisoners. But she copes, unlike her older brother Peter, who disappears as fast as he can. - When she reaches a crisis in her life, Kathy moves to the Western Highlands to start all over again. But family ties drag her back to Glasgow, where she is forced to look at things afresh, at past events and people she thought she knew so well, and eventually begin the search for her missing brother, a search which will result in an extraordinary, devastating discovery. - Page-turning and emotionally powerful. Strong sense of place, great sense of humour and cracking narrative pace. Another great novel from Meg Henderson.

RELEASE NOTES:

Taking to the Birmingham meet for Lyzzybee's special project

This book was caught at the BOSH meeting in Reading on 17 May. I haven't read anything by this author before so I look forward to reading it.

I find I have a second copy of this book in another bookcase which isn't dedicated to BookCrossing, so will take this copy to the meeting in Chertsey this evening.

I'll take this book again to Chertsey this evening - hopefully it will find a new reader.

Picked up at he recet Chertsey Meet for re releae elsewhere.

None of the men in this book come out very well nor for that matter do most of the woment but it is a story told with sympathy of life in Gklasgows poorer district. I can recommend it is a facinating read. (And I say that as a man!)

Picked up at Chertsey Meet on 1st June - sorry for the late entry.

This is the second book within a short period of time I've read that has most of the dialogue written in Scottish which I found a wee bit annoying although at least this time I found I could read it without problems. There's progress then...
I found the book rather slow starting to the point where I was almost tempted to give it up but all of a sudden the different ideas and strings of the story seemed to pull together and show where the plot was leading. It seems to have neither a definite beginning nor a definite end but rather seems to describe the happenings of a short time in a woman's life with flashbacks to previous stages all with the intention of slowly developping her character and explaining why she is who she is. On the whole it is another tale of a mistreated child of the working class with a drinking father, some odd relatives and a permanent lack of money but the positive aspect is that it also shows that escape is possible as the heroine finds a new life out of Glasgow in the Scottish highlands, with new friends, a new "family" and a new career that change her completely and let her find peace.

Picked up at the Chertsey MeetUp last night for re-releasing elsewhere.