Maggie & Me

BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, Winner of the Stonewall Award and The Sunday Times Memoir of the Year. Ideal for fans of Shuggie Bain and It's A Sin

Damian Barr sifts through the wreckage of a horrific …

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