A well written and engrossing read, politically engaging with poverty inducing shockers universal credit and payday loans.
Following Angie Watts, a mother struggling to pay for the survival of her two remaining children. Her husband, recently very dead, at the hands of a gang to which her estranged child was a member.
It’s shocking, saddening and really tugs the heart strings, to be placed within the heartless world of what equates to a Dickensian dour life, eaking out an existence from dirt and debt. But there is the phantom figure of hope lurking around the lifeline of family.
This book deals some heavy blows, because the characters are so well conceived, we feel their suffering, guilt and shame. But there is the brightness of the children, with hope and positivity.
Angle Watts, the protagonist is a curious choice of name, she was also the long suffering wife of murderous Dirty Den in east Enders, played by Anita Dobson, I hope she doesn’t get submerged in a canal too. Also, the title is terrible, I would never have picked up this book if I was in Woolworths.
I feel that the author has a real moral conundrum, to have a happy ending after much sorrow, or to push home the message that the austerity obsessed conservative government is driving the poor off a cliff. I think it will be a mix of both, it’s not going to be a Les Miserables, but I hope she has the drive to go the full 100% mile with this one, an honest happy ending can only be treading water in a sea of sadness.
These 30 pages are a good start, this would make some great holiday reading, to offset the excess seratonin released from the uv rays. A well earnt four stars.
Following Angie Watts, a mother struggling to pay for the survival of her two remaining children. Her husband, recently very dead, at the hands of a gang to which her estranged child was a member.
It’s shocking, saddening and really tugs the heart strings, to be placed within the heartless world of what equates to a Dickensian dour life, eaking out an existence from dirt and debt. But there is the phantom figure of hope lurking around the lifeline of family.
This book deals some heavy blows, because the characters are so well conceived, we feel their suffering, guilt and shame. But there is the brightness of the children, with hope and positivity.
Angle Watts, the protagonist is a curious choice of name, she was also the long suffering wife of murderous Dirty Den in east Enders, played by Anita Dobson, I hope she doesn’t get submerged in a canal too. Also, the title is terrible, I would never have picked up this book if I was in Woolworths.
I feel that the author has a real moral conundrum, to have a happy ending after much sorrow, or to push home the message that the austerity obsessed conservative government is driving the poor off a cliff. I think it will be a mix of both, it’s not going to be a Les Miserables, but I hope she has the drive to go the full 100% mile with this one, an honest happy ending can only be treading water in a sea of sadness.
These 30 pages are a good start, this would make some great holiday reading, to offset the excess seratonin released from the uv rays. A well earnt four stars.