{"product_id":"working-class-family-ages-badly","title":"Working Class Family Ages Badly","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Delicate and devastating. Up there with the best of them.' HANNAH LOWE, WINNER OF THE COSTA PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e 'Roche is a charming, unflinchingly honest guide on a journey that's as funny as it is heart-breaking.' JUNO DAWSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow does an untrained eye recognise the process of dying, when your mind is fixed firmly on living?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA radically honest and uplifting memoir about defying death and learning to live.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuno Roche\u003c\/b\u003e was born into a working-class family in London in the sixties, who dabbled in minor crime. For their father, \u003cb\u003eviolence and love\u003c\/b\u003e lived together; for their mother, addiction was the only way to survive. School was a respite, but shortly after beginning their university course \u003cb\u003eJuno was diagnosed with HIV, then a death sentence\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Juno is a survivor; they outlived their diagnosis, got a degree and became an artist. But however hard you try to take the kid out of the family, some scars go too deep; trying to run from AIDS and their childhood threw Juno into \u003cb\u003edark years of serious drug addiction\u003c\/b\u003e, addiction often financed by sex work.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Running from home eventually took Juno \u003cb\u003eacross the sea to a tiny village in Spain\u003c\/b\u003e, surrounded by mountains. Only once they found a quiet little house with an olive tree in the garden did Juno start to wonder if they had run too far, and \u003cb\u003ewhether they have really been searching for a family all along\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In an incredibly \u003cb\u003ehonest and brave book\u003c\/b\u003e, Juno takes us through the moments of their life: Mum sending Christmas cards containing Valium, drug withdrawal on a River Nile cruise, overcoming their father's violence and finding their dream house in Spain. Showing immense resilience, Juno's memoir is \u003cb\u003ea book about what it means to stay alive\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Emotional, tragic and incredibly funny, \u003ci\u003eRoam \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable must-read memoir for anyone who loves \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e, Deborah Levy and \u003ci\u003eMotherwell\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Full of \u003cb\u003eheart, wit and charm\u003c\/b\u003e. I'm \u003cb\u003eobsessed\u003c\/b\u003e with this book.' \u003cb\u003eTravis Alabanza \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eSo gripping\u003c\/b\u003e, I had to make myself slow down to appreciate the quality of the writing. Such a \u003cb\u003epowerful story and so beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003ePaul Burston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Utterly unique. Nobody can write with \u003cb\u003ewarmth and confrontation\u003c\/b\u003e the way Juno can.' \u003cb\u003eTom Rasmussen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Compassionate, dreamlike and \u003cb\u003edeeply moving\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003eCN Lester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Should be read by \u003cb\u003eeveryone\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003eIrenosen Okojie    \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Juno has always been a literary voice like no one else, \u003cb\u003escathingly honest and endlessly expansive\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003eAmelia Abraham\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315351298430,"sku":"NW9780349702339","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349702339.jpg?v=1778691639","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/working-class-family-ages-badly","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}