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Home Bird
Paperback
Publisher Price: $17.99
ISBN13: 9781915643063
Publisher: Legends Press
Published: Mar 17 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.10
Language: English
1979. Jackie Chadwick is 17 and living in a supported bedsit. She's still close to her foster parents and friends with (aka unofficial minder for) Amanda, their irresponsible daughter, but she's enjoying her independence - until a fire leaves her temporarily homeless. Jackie's dad, widower and recovering alcoholic Dave, has just been released from prison and sees this as his chance to make amends. He offers her his spare room - but can their relationship survive him going back on the booze and the arrival of his gin-loving lady friend and her errant son? As things go from bad to worse, Jackie has to decide how many chances you give someone who keeps letting you down.
Bittersweet and funny, Home Bird draws on Fran Hill's own experiences as a teenager in foster care.
Fran writes with such humor and humanity, it was an absolute tonic. --Victoria Mackenzie, author, For They Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
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