John MacDonald is a four-year-old boy growing up in the slums of Glasgow. His mother is an addict, who leaves him starving in their flat for days at a time. When a neighbour files a report, John is wrenched away from her and placed into the care system.
There, he has experiences he's too young to understand which his eventual adoptive parents silence as he grows into a gay man within the Romani community. But John dreams of being reunited with his mother and will stop at nothing to find her. Slum Boy is about how, against all odds, John found a way to his mother and true identity, Juano Diaz.
There, he has experiences he's too young to understand which his eventual adoptive parents silence as he grows into a gay man within the Romani community. But John dreams of being reunited with his mother and will stop at nothing to find her. Slum Boy is about how, against all odds, John found a way to his mother and true identity, Juano Diaz.
Author: Juano Diaz
Publisher: Octopus Publishing
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9781914240836
Publication Date: February 2025