Shuggie Bain Condition:Very Good When a band of gypsies

When a band of gypsies comes to the village

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this is a fable for the ages—charming

Now only one match away from winning her freedom

70 illustrations

Shuggie Bain Condition:Very Good When a band of gypsiesShuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light but a burden for him and his siblings. She dreams of a house with its own front