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Wah! - Things I Never Told My Mother - cover

Wah! - Things I Never Told My Mother

Cynthia Rogerson

Publisher: Sandstone Press

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Summary

Shortlisted for the 2022 Highland Book Prize
Cynthia's mother is dying. Often.
Travelling between her home in Scotland and California, as she spends time at her mother's bedside Cynthia recalls her youthful adventures: living in a squat, train-hopping, hitchhiking and all the other things she never told her mother.
'A master of fresh and sparky writing.' The Guardian
Available since: 06/16/2022.
Print length: 336 pages.

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