Shuggie Bain Book Review: A Brutal, Beautiful Story of Love, Poverty, and Survival Some novels break your heart loudly. Others do it quietly, page by page, until you realize you have been holding your breath for far too long. Shuggie Bain belongs to the second kind. Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize-winning debut does not make for Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Abigail Dean is a British author. Dean was born in Manchester. Girl A is Dean’s debut novel. It was published in 2021. Dean is a lawyer and works for Google. She lives in South London. SYNOPSIS Girl A is the story of Alexandra ‘Lex’ Gracie, the survivor of a traumatic childhood after Read more…