Whose Turn for the Stairs?

By: Robert Douglas

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Paperback | 1 May 2010 | Edition Number 1

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416 Pages

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2.8 x 13 x 19.6

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This is an utterly charming story about 12 families and their tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the war, the close rebuilds its ties and the strong sense of community and friendly neighborhood bonds are soon back in place. There is young love for Rhea and Robert; a surprising new start for James; a change of direction for George; and all overseen by the matriarch of the street—Granny Thompson. And of course, all buoyed up by a big helping of Scottish humor and strength of spirit. Yet it is all not perfect in their world: the families have to deal with poverty, religious bigotry, racism, heartbreak, lies, violence, and death. But the powerful friendships cannot ultimately be broken; the characters have gone through too much together. In Robert Douglas's first novel, he recreates a time and place particular to Glasgow but to which everyone will relate.

Industry Reviews

An outstanding novel with a cast of characters so beautifully drawn that turning the last page feels like flitting out of 18 Dalbeattie Street - Daily Record

Pure dead brilliant, so it is... a rare old read for folk that were round and about in the Forties and Fifties - Edinburgh Evening News

Douglas's prose is simple and charming... this novel will appeal to fans of Douglas's previous trips down memory lane - Scottish Review of Books

Echoes the bygone charm and ingrained hardship of growing up at a time when rationing and families living in single end tenements were commonplace, yet laughter never seemed in short supply - Evening Times

It's a braw read! - Hexham Courant

The literary equivalent of a hot water bottle - Historical Novels Review

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