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'ONE OF THE MOST MOVING ACCOUNTS OF NON-FICTION EVER WRITTEN' GUARDIAN 'If you like Shuggie Bain, then Slum Boy is for you' LEMN SISSAY
'Beautifully told. I hope it finds a million readers' ANDREW O'HAGAN John MacDonald is a four-year-old boy growing up in the slums of Glasgow. John's mother is an addict, who leaves him starving in their flat for days at a time. When a neighbour reports her, John is wrenched away from his family and placed into the care system. There, he has experiences he's too young to understand which his eventual adoptive parents silence as he grows into a gay man within a strict Romani community. But John dreams of being reunited with his mother and will stop at nothing to find her. 'Compulsively readable' PATRICK GALE
'Remarkable and moving tale' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Juano Diaz was awarded the Pride Awards 2024 for LGBTQ+ Heroes Changing the World.
Author: Juano Diaz
Publisher: Mobius
Published: 05/27/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781914240836
ISBN10: 1914240839
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Family & Relationships | Abuse | General
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness
'Beautifully told. I hope it finds a million readers' ANDREW O'HAGAN John MacDonald is a four-year-old boy growing up in the slums of Glasgow. John's mother is an addict, who leaves him starving in their flat for days at a time. When a neighbour reports her, John is wrenched away from his family and placed into the care system. There, he has experiences he's too young to understand which his eventual adoptive parents silence as he grows into a gay man within a strict Romani community. But John dreams of being reunited with his mother and will stop at nothing to find her. 'Compulsively readable' PATRICK GALE
'Remarkable and moving tale' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Juano Diaz was awarded the Pride Awards 2024 for LGBTQ+ Heroes Changing the World.
Author: Juano Diaz
Publisher: Mobius
Published: 05/27/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781914240836
ISBN10: 1914240839
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Family & Relationships | Abuse | General
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness
About the Author
Juano Diaz is an internationally acclaimed artist and collaborates with many others including Pierre et Giles and Grace Jones. His work has been exhibited in galleries across the world including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Juano is currently working with film director Sophie Fiennes and lives in Wiltshire with his partner David and their son.