Publisher's Synopsis
It's the long, hot summer of 1968. For ten-year-old Kathleen Slaven and her pals, the school holidays beckon. Into their run-down village in the west of Scotland arrives Tony, a real American kid, ready to lead them into all kinds of adventures. Meanwhile their mothers grow old before their time on broken promises and their fathers booze or gamble away their wages, while their families go hungry. Evocative, haunting and wryly humorous, this is a powerful tale about growing up, sparkling with the energy and vigour of childhood.
