{"product_id":"9781804250556","title":"Already, Too Late : a boyhood memoir","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  MacDougall, Carl \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 September 2023 by LUATH PRESS LTD in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e156 x 234 x 23 | 352g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn post-war Glasgow a primary school class was set a composition topic: a memorable family event. Each child completed the assignment – all, that is, but one. Why didn’t you write about your family?Please, miss. I didn’t, I didn’t know what to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut now, he does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Already, Too Late, Carl MacDougall, one of Scotland’s most accomplished and celebrated literary writers, presents a memoir of extraordinary authenticity and honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir takes us through MacDougall’s upbringing, both in and out of care on the west coast of Scotland, Fife, and industrial Glasgow, during the first decade of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin this world, now teetering on the brink of our collective memory, sits a single-parent household of German descent; money is tight, trauma roams free and tragedy comes calling again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a powerful mosaic of stories, MacDougall strips away all rose-tinted sentimentality to create a vivid account of heart-break, dissociation and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready, Too Late is the early life of an outsider looking in, a changeling child, displaced, alone, and – in his own grandmother’s words – ‘no right’. Because for some, even the very beginning is already too late.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41491376406663,"sku":"9781804250556","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781804250556.jpg?v=1741630400","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781804250556","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}