Beautiful read.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me read this book in exchange for my review.

I loved this book, love this picaresque novel, was moved by the harsh life of the children, and smiled because there's hope.
The author is a talented storyteller and somehow I thought about Roddy Doyle and "Paddy Clarke".
This isn't a nostalgic book about "Oh look, Ireland used to be so lovely" because there's no sugar coating and the author did an excellent job in showing what it was.
I strongly recommend it and will surely read other books by this author.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Heartbreaking novel about poverty, grief and setbacks, yet also filled with loads of love and hope, and written in such a way that you get totally drawn into the story. For readers of Shuggie Bain.
Thank you Oldcastle Books and Netgalley UK for the ARC.