24th Aug 2021
‘Handstands in the Dark’ by the mighty Janey Godley
Aug/ Sept Book Club Read
Right gals after a top-notch book club night last week, we are ready to move onto our next book which is:
‘Handstands in the Dark’ by the mighty Janey Godley
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Taken from the book….
‘I liked doing handstands. Maybe my secrets and sore bits would disappear if I stayed like this. Sometimes I would only talk upside-down or in a secret code only I knew, and scoop water from puddles coz I was thirsty but too scared to go home and face what was there.’
Janey and her family live in the tough East End of Glasgow. Her father is hard-working but hard-drinking and her depressive mother struggles to cope. And from an early age Janey is being sexually abused by her uncle.
When her parents separate, she has to witness her mother’s abuse by a violent new boyfriend. Then, when still a teenager, Janey marries the son of a notorious gangster and is suddenly immersed in a dangerous and insular Glasgow underworld.
This is the true story of one girl’s everyday fight for her family’s future that will strike a chord with anyone who has ever struggled against adversity.
‘STORYTELLING GENIUS’ LONDON EVENING STANDARD;
‘SAVAGE’ GUARDIAN;
‘GRIPPING STUFF’ O
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Here’s an affiliate link to the Book on Amazon gals (which means the GGC gets a few pennies for every purchase made through this link, please note however there is no pressure to snap up the book via this link at all!)
Stay tuned for the meet-up date and location to discuss this book and wish me luck for messaging Janey to see if she fancies coming along to it!
