Paper Cup
Karen Campbell
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A heartwarming, uplifting novel about how easy it can be to fall through the cracks, and what it takes to rebuild a life run off course
WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH
‘A truly original, brilliant novel’ Daily Mail
‘Very special indeed … your world will be a better place for reading this story’ Joanna Cannon
Everyone deserves a second chance.
You just have to take the first step.
Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the streets of Glasgow. Maybe she doesn’t believe in serendipity, but a rare moment of kindness and a lost ring conspire to call her home, returning to the small town she fled so many years ago.
“Paper Cup is very special indeed. Not only is it exquisitely written - and I mean catch-your-breath exquisite - the story is so real and told with such grace and compassion… Trust me (trust me), your world will be a better place for reading this story”
Joanna Cannon
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“A rough romance written in rich language and a truly original, brilliant novel”
daily Mail
“[A] poignant and harrowing read. Campbell gambles on our empathy when she shows Kelly at her worst, and she wins because she has written, without judgment or criticism, an original and memorable protagonist; one who moves through a landscape described with love and care, and whose interior voice will continue to ring in the reader’s head even after the long journey’s end is reached”
Claire Fuller
guardian
“Glowing with empathy and wry intelligent wit. Let Kelly into your life. She’ll change you, and you won’t forget her”
Kirstin Innes
“[A]mbitious … picturesque … generous and often wryly comic novel: a nice variety of incident and characters, fine descriptions of street life in Glasgow and of Kelly’s journey - a quest that is both physical and spiritual, offering the prospect of recovery and redemption … readers are surely likely to find pleasure and satisfaction in the humanity of Campbell’s treatment of people who have led difficult lives”
Allan Massie
scotsman
Karen Campbell
Karen Campbell is the author of eight novels. A former police officer, then Glasgow City Council press officer, she won the Best New Scottish Writer Award in 2009. She also teaches creative writing and has worked with young offenders, homeless people, refugees and asylum seekers, and was recently Writer in Residence at Dumfries and Galloway Council. She lives in Galloway.
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