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Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award: "this bleak tale" of a month in the life of a family struggling with addiction "is a work of considerable force" (The Scotsman, UK).Punchy, sharp-witted and acutely observed, Born Free tells the story of an ordinary family living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and dealing with their troubles in an all-too ordinary way: each member is trying to escape life--and each other--through his or her drug of choice, whether it's alcohol, sex, Prozac, or the Internet.The inte…
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- Author: Laura Hird
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Year: 2000
- Pages: 288
- ISBN: 9781847677044
- ISBN-10: 1847677045
- ISBN-13: 9781847677044
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
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Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award: "this bleak tale" of a month in the life of a family struggling with addiction "is a work of considerable force" (The Scotsman, UK).Punchy, sharp-witted and acutely observed, Born Free tells the story of an ordinary family living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and dealing with their troubles in an all-too ordinary way: each member is trying to escape life--and each other--through his or her drug of choice, whether it's alcohol, sex, Prozac, or the Internet.
The interactions between parents Angie and Vic, and their teenage children Jake and Joni, reveal a hellish cocktail of mid-life crises and adolescent angst; the savagery of sibling rivalry; the waking nightmare of a marriage gone cold--and the unbridgeable, infernal chasm between the generations. It's a story of everyday life.
Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award
Nominated for the Orange Prize
"One of Scotland's most talented writers."--Daily Telegraph, UK
- Author: Laura Hird
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Year: 2000
- Pages: 288
- ISBN: 9781847677044
- ISBN-10: 1847677045
- ISBN-13: 9781847677044
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award: "this bleak tale" of a month in the life of a family struggling with addiction "is a work of considerable force" (The Scotsman, UK).
Punchy, sharp-witted and acutely observed, Born Free tells the story of an ordinary family living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and dealing with their troubles in an all-too ordinary way: each member is trying to escape life--and each other--through his or her drug of choice, whether it's alcohol, sex, Prozac, or the Internet.
The interactions between parents Angie and Vic, and their teenage children Jake and Joni, reveal a hellish cocktail of mid-life crises and adolescent angst; the savagery of sibling rivalry; the waking nightmare of a marriage gone cold--and the unbridgeable, infernal chasm between the generations. It's a story of everyday life.
Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award
Nominated for the Orange Prize
"One of Scotland's most talented writers."--Daily Telegraph, UK
Punchy, sharp-witted and acutely observed, Born Free tells the story of an ordinary family living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and dealing with their troubles in an all-too ordinary way: each member is trying to escape life--and each other--through his or her drug of choice, whether it's alcohol, sex, Prozac, or the Internet.
The interactions between parents Angie and Vic, and their teenage children Jake and Joni, reveal a hellish cocktail of mid-life crises and adolescent angst; the savagery of sibling rivalry; the waking nightmare of a marriage gone cold--and the unbridgeable, infernal chasm between the generations. It's a story of everyday life.
Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award
Nominated for the Orange Prize
"One of Scotland's most talented writers."--Daily Telegraph, UK
Reviews