Em: A day in the life of a northern girl
by Quentin CopePublish: Apr 05, 2019Women's Fiction Humor Teen & Young Adult Book Overview
Em :
Forced to manage a poorly functioning but calculating alcoholic mother and a defiantly delinquent teenage brother, a fatherless nineteen year old Emily Macklam is someone determined to facilitate her dream of moving away from a clinging dysfunctional family and create a new life for herself.
This sometimes sad but often amusing story is an observation, a narration exposing the gritty reality of walking in the footsteps of Hartlepool girl Emily Macklam and surviving for just one particular day; one day ... in the life of ‘Em’, a true ‘Northern Girl’ with a story that has the capacity to become one of your most un-forgettable reads.