Only Here, Only NowAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 13 June 2024
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Only Here, Only Now heralds the arrival of an urgent and unique new voice, as engaging and as startling as Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Morvern Callar or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, and will surely be hailed as one of the great British debut novels DAVID PEACE
Fife, in the blazing hot summer of 1994. Cora Mowats mates dont understand her, but then Cora Mowat doesnt understand herself. Shes stuck on a seaside council estate full of dafties, old folk and seagulls, with a thousand dreams and a restless brain that wont behave. Shes dying to escape but unsure of what the future holds - if it holds anything at all for a girl like her.
When her Mams new boyfriend moves in, tensions rise in their tiny house. Gunner means well, but hes dodgy - a shaven-headed shoplifter with more than a few secrets stashed under the bed. As their attempts to forge a makeshift family unravel, Cora rails against her small-town existence in search of love, acceptance and a path to something good. But sometimes you cant move forward until you find your way back . . .
In this extraordinary debut, drawn from life but written with riotous imagination, Tom Newlands explores what it means to come of age in a forgotten corner of Scotland and dream of a life that feels out of reach. Vibrant, lyrical and fiercely funny, Only Here, Only Now is a story about poverty, identity and family that shines with hope and resilience.
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