304 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781509858392
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Growing up in 70s Scotland as the adopted mixed raced child of a Communist couple, young Jackie blossoms into an outspoken, talented poet. Then she decides to find her birth parents... Based on the soul-searching memoir by Scots Makar Jackie Kay, ...
Community Reviews Summary of 274 reviews
Moods
emotional 72%
hopeful 63%
funny 57%
inspiring 42%
informative 39%
adventurous 27%
lighthearted 15%
sad 12%
challenging 6%
relaxing 6%
mysterious 3%
Pace
slow 12%
fast 9%
Average rating
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Racial slurs, Racism, Car accidentModerate
Blood, Bullying, Medical contentMinor
Dementia, Grief, Lesbophobia
304 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781509858392
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Growing up in 70s Scotland as the adopted mixed raced child of a Communist couple, young Jackie blossoms into an outspoken, talented poet. Then she decides to find her birth parents... Based on the soul-searching memoir by Scots Makar Jackie Kay, ...
Community Reviews Summary of 274 reviews
Moods
emotional 72%
hopeful 63%
funny 57%
inspiring 42%
informative 39%
adventurous 27%
lighthearted 15%
sad 12%
challenging 6%
relaxing 6%
mysterious 3%
Pace
slow 12%
fast 9%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racial slurs, Racism, Car accidentModerate
Blood, Bullying, Medical contentMinor
Dementia, Grief, Lesbophobia