- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Fourth Estate (5 Feb 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857027639
- ISBN-13: 978-1857027631
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 597,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A female Trainspotting about a young woman who is a romantic but is also determined to overcome the depression of inner-city living in 90s Britain and carve out a life for herself – even if it does means she must become a selfish person to do so.
When her nice, repectable mother tells her: "In my day it wasn’t the thing to walk out on one’s husband and live with a strange man. One considered the children." Leah replies "It’s not your day. It’s my day."
People in love are selfish. Leah, 28, mother of three, married for 10 years to burned-out Al who got her pregnant in college, is in love with Bailey, the anarchic, feckless hulk who teaches basketball at the Community Project in Bristol where she works. Their courtship, conducted over pints at The Woolpack with other drifters looking for love on the dole, at ‘seshes’ (sessions getting drunk and watching football videos) and in clubs on ecstasy, forces Leah to do the unthinkable and walk out on her children to be available for Bailey. Theirs’ is a totally destructive, out of control relationship. The fact that Bailey confides in Leah a horrendous secret from his childhood is the closest he will ever come to telling her he cares. Their love is doomed from the start, but Leah is a survivor.
About the Author
Aged 37. Born in Sri Lanka, grew up in London. Studied Englsih and American Literature at University of East Anglia. Has MA in creative writing. Works in city farm in Bristol, and is a performance poet. Has three children.
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One of the most truthful books I have ever read,
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It's simply a great book with a very moving climax. The people are complex and difficult and wonderfully drawn. In the end, what I took from the book, wasn't that people in love are selfish but that we all at some point in our lives have to act selfishly in order to survive and that acts of selfishness can sometimes be the most difficult tasks to perform. Like all good books, it's strength is in what isn't said. I thought it was terrific!
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