Maggsie McNaughton's Second Chance
$23.57
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2020
Summary
Everyone deserves a second chance.
Small and dyslexic, with a short fuse, bad teeth, a prison record and something to prove, Marguerite McNaughton - Maggsie - doesn’t need anybody or anything, thank you very much. She’s more than capable of looking after herself.
She’s also about to discover that everyone needs someone, sometimes. Even her.
The thing about trusting others, though, is that not everyone is trustworthy…
It starts when a fellow inmate gives Maggsie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529014150 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529014158 |
| Author: | Frances Maynard |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2020 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Smart and funny – Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things and Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel
Guaranteed to melt the hardest of hearts * Red Magazine *
A joy from start to finish: quirky, real and moving, with unforgettable characters you’ll root for from the very beginning – Katy Regan, author of Little Big Love
Finished Maggsie McNaughton’s Second Chance and I feel bereft. A wonderful, uplifting read – Jenny Quintana, author of The Missing Girl
Big-hearted and charming – James Hannah, author of The A to Z of You and Me, on The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr
Wonderful – Rosie Walsh, author of The Man Who Didn’t Call, on The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr
Frances Maynard
Maggsie McNaughton’s Second Chance is, appropriately enough, Frances Maynard’s second novel. Her first, The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr, was runner-up in the Good Housekeeping 2014 First Novel Award and the 2018 McKitterick Prize, and shortlisted for both the 2016 Mslexia First Novel Competition and the Lucy Cavendish Prize. She teaches English, part-time, to adults with learning difficulties, including Dyslexia, and is married with one grown-up daughter. She lives in Dorset.
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