In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl

Winner of the Orange Futures Award.A harsh contemporary novel set in an underprivileged area in south Wales, dealing with child abuse and the despair of the young generation who sink deeper into the maelstrom of sex and drugs, a first novel from a young rhondda writer depicting the hard brutal edges of childhood. The grown-ups fight, steal, get drunk, get arrested, and then give you a hard time for taking drugs.