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This audiobook is narrated with stunning authenticity by the author, Graeme Armstrong. The Times Top Ten Bestseller A Granta Best of Young British Novelist ‘Trainspotting for a new generation’ – Independent ‘An instant Scottish classic’ – The Skinny 2005. Glasgow is named Europe’s...

A ward of the state at nine years old, Sparrow finds herself living with her half brother and the sister-in-law who didn’t want her - or the curse she came with. She drops out of high school just before graduation, desperate for a way to support herself before she turns 18. Sparrow accepts a job bussing tables at a bar and ends up on stage before the night ends. The money is irresistible when it brings the possibility of controlling her future. But before long, she witnesses a dancer strangled and loses every dime she’s earned.