A review by freddie
Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen

5.0

Majella's life as a 20-something chip shop employee living together with her alcoholic mother in a fictional small post-Troubles Northern Ireland town of Aghybogey is quite unremarkable, except that her grandmother has just recently been killed and everyone in town knows about it. We also learn that her father is missing, possibly related to his involvement in the conflicts during The Troubles. This novel excels in highlighting the awkwardness and tedium that Majella faces in her daily life.