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    Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma: A Novel

    Written by Kerry Hudson

    Narrated by Jane Macfarlane

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    "A witty and lively novel set somewhere between the worlds of Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh." -William Dalyrymple, The Guardian

    Reminiscent of early Roddy Doyle, Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma begins with our singular heroine's less than idyllic birth and quickly moves to a spectacular fight that lands Janie and her mother in a local women's shelter. From there it's on to a dodgy council flat and a succession of unsuitable men, including the hard-drinking, drug-dealing, ice-cream-buying Tony Hogan. Kerry Hudson's arrestingly original debut will enthrall readers with Janie's tragicomic and moving story about coming of age in a non-traditional family amid the absurdities of the 1980s and Thatcherite Britain.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 28, 2014
    ISBN9780698149410
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    • 4/5
      This is described as a coming of age novel of the main character, Janie Ryan. She is born in Scotland, to a dirt poor, drunk of a mother who is in one bad relationship after another. The story was intense, witty, and incredibly sad all at the same time. It was depressing to see what Janie had to deal with growing up. Janie has the toughest of circumstances. Born into this life, she seems already doomed to just repeat the same cycle of her mother. Janie was such a great character. You can't help hoping throughout the whole story for her to rise above. The story basically starts from the moment Janie is born and follows the next 18 or so years of her life.The author used the colorful accent and dialogue who would hear in this area. Wish it just had not left me feeling so depressed about her and her families life.
    • 5/5
      It's Angela's Ashes for Girls. This book defines "miserable childhood", in Scotland rather than Ireland, two girls rather than a passel of kids, but a legacy of misery, alcoholism, poverty, and physical abuse. According to the blurb, the author Kerry Hudson (Janie Ryan here) lived through this and came out the other side to write it all down. I will have to head back to Frank McCourt's memoir to see if it is as compelling and well written as this one. There are bursts of humor and the salvations of sisterhood and friendship here, but the mother and grandmother are still far from redeemed. At the conclusion, Janie heads off to London just as her mother did, but the results are obviously much better. There just HAS to be a sequel explaining how such a poor start was turned into such stunning self knowledge and success. Do not miss!
    • 5/5
      Janie Ryan narrates ‘Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma’ from the moment of her birth, greeted by curse laden screaming, boozy breath and muttered recriminations. Her teenage mother lasts barely a week under her mothers roof before she drags Janie first to a refuge, then through a series of rundown council flats and B&B’s in the worst areas of Scotland and briefly, England. Uncle’s come and go, some stay only a night, others, like Tony Hogan, far too long. As a child, Janie takes comfort in her ragged collection of toys, full plates of hot chips, orange velour curtains and the occasional icecream, accepting her mother’s days spent in bed, the violent altercations with a succession of men and moonlight flits as a normal part of everyday life. But as she grows into a teenager Janie becomes aware of her mother’s failings, of the poverty and despair that blights their lives and of a desire to escape the cycle that ensnared her mother.This is a novel driven by character rather than plot. Janie is an irresistible heroine who begins the story with a wide eyed innocence that far too soon develops into defeated cynicism. Bright and loved, as a child Janie shares her grim existence with the naivete of one who doesn’t know any different. Hudson vividly portrays the world in which Janie lives – the dingy rooms, the barren council estates, the empty pantries and broken furniture overlaid with the ever present threat of violence and despair. And just as deftly, Hudson allows Janie, as she ages, to share her growing disillusionment – with her mother, with herself and the possibility anything could ever be any different. It seems there is no escape for Janie who seems destined to follow in her mother’s footsteps.Janie’s journey is heavily influenced by her relationship with her mother, Iris, and Hudson skilfully captures the complicated dynamic between mother and daughter. Despite her mother’s failings, Janie loves her and her mother in turn loves Janie. It is evident that Janie suffers because of Iris’s depression, addictions and penchant for the wrong sort of man though Hudson neatly side steps judgement and blame, focusing instead on the bond between them.Despite its often bleak and brutal narrative, Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma is told with empathy, humour and surprising heart. I found it funny, moving and heartbreaking in turn, and I think you will too.