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Slum Boy

A Portrait

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Slum Boy

By: Juano Diaz
Narrated by: Juano Diaz
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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.©2024 Juano Diaz (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited
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Critic reviews

A heart-breaking, inspiring read (Alan Cumming, author of Not my Father's Son)
The writing is beautiful (Scooter LaForge)
An extraordinary survival story (Sophie Fiennes, creator of Grace Jones)
A reminder that beautiful things grow and flourish (Christie Watson, author of The Language of Kindness)
A heart-rending story that has you constantly holding back tears (Pam Hogg)
I laughed and cried. It's a masterpiece (Joey Arias)

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