'An incredibly honest tale of survival, escape and resilience' The
Observer 'Roche is a charming, unflinchingly honest guide on a
journey that's as funny as it is heart-breaking.' JUNO DAWSON How
does an untrained eye recognise the process of dying, when your
mind is fixed firmly on living? A radically honest and uplifting
memoir about defying death and learning to live. Juno Roche was
born into a working-class family in London in the sixties, who
dabbled in minor crime. For their father, violence and love lived
together; for their mother, addiction was the only way to survive.
School was a respite, but shortly after beginning their university
course Juno was diagnosed with HIV, then a death sentence. 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 dark years of serious drug addiction,
addiction often financed by sex work. Running from home eventually
took Juno across the sea to a tiny village in Spain, 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 whether they have really been searching for a family all
along. In an incredibly honest and brave book, 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 a book about
what it means to stay alive. Emotional, tragic and incredibly
funny, A Working-Class Family Ages Badly is an unforgettable
must-read memoir for anyone who loves Educated, Deborah Levy and
Motherwell. 'Delicate and devastating. Up there with the best of
them.' HANNAH LOWE, WINNER OF THE COSTA PRIZE 'Full of heart, wit
and charm. I'm obsessed with this book.' Travis Alabanza 'So
gripping, I had to make myself slow down to appreciate the quality
of the writing. Such a powerful story and so beautifully written.'
Paul Burston 'Utterly unique. Nobody can write with warmth and
confrontation the way Juno can.' Tom Rasmussen 'Compassionate,
dreamlike and deeply moving.' CN Lester 'Should be read by
everyone.' Irenosen Okojie 'Juno has always been a literary voice
like no one else, scathingly honest and endlessly expansive.'
Amelia Abraham
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