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296 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780330451055
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 01 January 2010
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 320 reviews
Moods
emotional 73%
hopeful 65%
funny 52%
inspiring 42%
informative 31%
adventurous 23%
lighthearted 13%
sad 13%
challenging 5%
relaxing 5%
mysterious 2%
Pace
fast 8%
slow 8%
Average rating
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Racial slurs, Racism, Car accidentModerate
Blood, Bullying, Medical contentMinor
Dementia, Grief, Lesbophobia
296 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780330451055
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 01 January 2010
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 320 reviews
Moods
emotional 73%
hopeful 65%
funny 52%
inspiring 42%
informative 31%
adventurous 23%
lighthearted 13%
sad 13%
challenging 5%
relaxing 5%
mysterious 2%
Pace
fast 8%
slow 8%
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