Real Gone Kid by Kate Fridriks Hardcover Book

Description: Real Gone Kid by Kate Fridriks Seeking safety in an uncertain world, a young woman secretly takes up boxing in order to protect herself and her vulnerable sister, on the mean streets of a 1984 sectarian steel town in Scotland. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Everyone deserves to feel safe. Its 1984. Superpowers for girls and women exist only on TV and in comics. Aileen Murphy struggles to make sense of her life in a working-class Scottish steel town. She dreams of escaping the sectarian bullying she has kept secret; then, the gorgeous Steve Henderson enters her world. When her vulnerable younger sister becomes the next target of the bullies, Aileen knows she must make a stand. Will Steves proposition to secretly teach Aileen her own superpower save her and her sister? And can Aileen find the courage to fight for her dreams - to feel safe - and to be accepted for who she is? Real Gone Kid is the feel-good, first novel in the adult, coming-of-age, Raven Craig series, set in 1980s industrial Scotland. Author Biography KATE FRIDRIKS is a Scottish writer from Wishaw and Motherwell. She spent her early years in a South African steel town and her later childhood and teenage years within sight of the Ravenscraig steelworks.Her debut novel, Real Gone Kid, is inspired by her experiences.For further information about the author and news of her next novel, Review The characters fizz off the page with an effervescence that made us smile.Cheshire Novel PrizeMy Book of the YearThis story is so beautifully written and really captures Scotland in the 1980s. Details ISBN191584701X Author Kate Fridriks Pages 318 Publisher Steel Thistle Press Ltd Series Raven Craig Year 2022 ISBN-13 9781915847010 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-12-16 Imprint Steel Thistle Press Ltd Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-12-16 NZ Release Date 2022-12-16 UK Release Date 2022-12-16 Series Number 1 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139481113;

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