by Margaret McDonald
Two boys can't remember the last time they had a hug.
Meet Finlay. He's studying for his nursing degree at Glasgow University, against all the odds. But coming straight from care means he has no support network.
How can he write essays, find paid work and NOT fall for the beautiful boy at uni, when he's struggling to even feed himself?
Meet Banjo. He's trying to settle in with his new foster family and finish high school. But he can't forget all that has happened, and his anger and fear keep boiling over. How can he hold on to the one good person in his life, when his outbursts keep threatening his already uncertain future?
Can Finlay and Banjo let go of the past before it drags them under?
Margaret McDonald is a Scottish author who lives in Glasgow. Her debut novel Glasgow Boys published in May 2024. She has also been published in the poetry and prose magazines The Manifest Station, In Parentheses, Breath and Shadow, Bandit Fiction and Bubble Lit Mag. She is a first-generation student and holds an MLitt with Distinction in English Literature from Glasgow University and a First-Class B.A (Hons) in Creative Writing with English Literature from Strathclyde University. She writes about the working class experience, the student experience and the Scottish healthcare system as a former NHS employee and disabled author.
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