Handstands In The Dark

Product Description

I liked doing handstands. Maybe my secrets & sore bits would disappear if I stayed like this. Sometimes I would only talk upside-down or in a secret code only I knew, & scoop water from puddles coz I was thirsty but too scared to go home & face what was there.   Janey & her family live in the tough East End of Glasgow. Her father is hard-working but hard-drinking & her depressive mother struggles to cope. & 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 & is suddenly immersed in a dangerous & insular Glasgow underworld. This is the story of one girl's everyday fight for her family's future that will strike a chord with anyone who has ever struggled against diversity.