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Joe is 17, a gifted artist and a brilliant older brother to 12-year-old Finn. They live with their Ma and Da in a Dublin tower block called Bojaxhiu or 'the Jax'. It's not an easy place to be a kid, especially when your father, Frank, is the muscle for the notorious gang leader Dessie 'The Badger' Murphy. But whether it's daytrips to the beach or drawing secret sketches, Joe works hard to show Finn life beyond the battered concrete yard below their flat.

Joe is determined not to become like his Da. But when Finn falls ill, Joe finds his convictions harder to cling to. With his father now in prison, his mother submerged in her grief, and his relationships with friends and classmates crumbling, Joe has to figure out how to survive without becoming what the world around him expects him to be.

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Thoroughly enjoyed it. It's up there with the tragic and brutal Harvesting by Lisa Harding if you loved this!! I did

Wonderful

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Heartbreaking & intense story about 2 brothers, Finn & Joe. It’s really emotional and packed with description. I listened mostly on long car journeys and was so glad it was raining heavily so no one could see me tear up….

Moving story & excellent narration

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Just a beautifully written book. Narrator is top class and really added to the story. Heartbreaking and heart warming in equal measures

Beautiful story

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A hart wrenching story, with overlapping timelines and different points of view.
The younger brother point of view was fresh and colorful, in contrast with the bitter and dark mood of the older one.
I listened to the audiobook, and it was not an easy task for someone who isn’t a native English speaker.
The narrator was really good, and, his strong accent though hard to understand for me, really helped me get into the story.

Hart wrenching but beautiful

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Fantastic writing, story and narration too! Can’t wait for her to write more books soon!

Absolutely brilliant

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