Aug 18 2022
LOCAL>> Friends of the Fairfax Library Book Discussion Group: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

LOCAL>> Friends of the Fairfax Library Book Discussion Group: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Presented by Marin County Free Library and Fairfax Library at Streaming Arts

Friends of the Fairfax Library Book Club meets every month online via Zoom -- This month we will meet on August 18th at 7:00 pm.

Programs held virtually on Zoom until further notice. Everyone is welcome!

For more information or to receive a Zoom invite please email Beth Bailey-Gates at: bethmbg@gmail.com

August 18: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light but a burden for his artistic brother and practical sister.

Agnes's older children find their own ways to get a safe distance from their mother, abandoning Shuggie to look after her as she swings between alcoholic binges and sobriety. He is meanwhile doing all he can to somehow become the normal boy he desperately longs to be.

Douglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, he moved to New York City, where he began a career in fashion design. Shuggie Bain is his first novel. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker and Literary Hub.

Admission Info

Free attendance, email for Zoom invite

Email: bethmbg@gmail.com

Additional time info:

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Dates & Times

2022/08/18 - 2022/08/18

Location Info

Streaming Arts