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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Spare A Thought For Gary Shackleton

Spare A Thought For Gary Shackleton

Andrews, Martin

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1497362377
ISBN13: 9781497362376
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 17 2014
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Spare a thought for Gary Shackleton, a meek and mild school leaver with a violent father and a mother who won't speak. He lacks confidence and fears exclusion, and tries to conform in a world that frowns on being different. Lonely, victimised and depressed, with no vision of the future, he seeks sanctuary in a neighbour's garden shed. His troubles seem insurmountable; will he ever manage the transition from adolescence to adulthood? There is one glimmer of hope - a recently discovered grandfather who may offer solutions to his troubles. But his grandfather's health is failing and he may not stay the course. This is a story of self-discovery in a challenging environment; of personal growth in difficult circumstances. It is the story of an ordinary boy looking for a place in a complex, hostile world. Spare a Thought for Gary Shackleton is the second novel from Yorkshire-born author Martin Andrews. The timeline and events in this book overlap the storyline in Not Being Kids, his well-received first publication.

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