WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY KEVIN BARRY WINNER OF THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016
WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016 We all do stupid things when we're kids. Ryan
Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic
dad will do that for you. And nobody says Ryan's stupid. Not even behind his back. It's the
people around him who are the problem. The gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'. The
neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than that. The
prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace
one night . . . The only one on Ryan's side is his girlfriend Karine. If he blows that he's
all alone. But the truth is you don't know your own strength till you need it.
