Scapegrace

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Scapegrace by Jackie Gay

A delightful and captivating debut. Run with these shoolgirl hotheads down the towpaths, alleys and parks of their tangled adolescence.

'Gay's narrative is tender, liberating, spiky and defiant... a gift to the core of her characters... a joy to read' Big Issue

Birmingham, 1976. The hottest summer on record. Alice and her teenage gang are inseparable, ready for anything, changing as fast as the world around them. As they explore their city outside the familiarity of home and school they are enthralled by the forbidden - ouija, sex, arson - but unprepared for the fallout. 21 years later Alice comes home to her mum's flat at the scruffy end of the high street. Will she be able to rekindle her girlhood friendships and reconnect with their shared values of loyalty and trust? The last thing she expects to find is answers in a tin full of creased letters, or her first love Johnny waiting for her amid the bric-a-brac in her old refuge, the shed.

'Amusing and poignant... a remarkable rendering of teenage angst.' The Times

'Lively and acute... her portrayal of adolsecent girls spooky, amusing and believable.' Lesley Glaister

'Jackie Gay's first novel is superb... read and enjoy' Peak Advertiser