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Can anyone help me remember a book I loved please

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CAR38 · 17/12/2018 11:33

Can anyone help me remember a book I read in the summer please as I'd like to see if there's anything else by the author. It starts in the 1970s about an impoverished Scottish boy who lives with his mother (Dad dies early on in the book). She gets a job in a shoe shop and eventually marries the manager. He grows up to become a very successful photographer. In the meantime he and a girlfriend steal a car to go to a concert and crash the car on the way home. Its set in a small Scottish community ... so good but I just can't remember the title or the author! Nappy brain!!

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OllyBJolly · 17/12/2018 17:18

Was it Kate Muir's West Coast?

WaterBird · 17/12/2018 18:32

I don't know but I'm intrigued now...

OllyBJolly · 17/12/2018 18:40

I'm trying to remember if the mother worked in a shoe shop. The boy hated the stepfather.

I pictured the west coast setting as Tarbert on Loch Fyne. The boy was definitely a celebrity photographer.

I've done a quick google of reviews but haven't find any that go into any detail

buttybuttychristmastree · 17/12/2018 20:26

I really want to know now !!

CAR38 · 17/12/2018 21:36

Thank you VERY much for putting me out of my misery! Such a good book - well worth treating yourself for Christmas

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