A review by ljjohnson8
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

4.0

This is the bleak and harrowing story of Shuggie, his two older siblings, and his mother Agnes. Agnes is a beautiful and proud woman, and a horrific alcoholic. Very dark and gritty, but there is so much love and humanity under the grim layers. Truly devastating, brutally authentic, and an astonishing debut.