Scrap

by Biggs, Kathy | Fiction & related items
Published 29/06/2023 by Honno Welsh Women’s Press in United Kingdom
Paperback | 285 pages

An original novel that will have you crying both with laughter and sadness. Scrap is a story of displacement and belonging set in post-industrial Swansea, with a magical realist twist. Life is hard on the scrap heap for foster carer Mackie, but his fate takes an unexpected turn when he meets a remarkably gifted kid who can draw the future.

Kathy Biggs is originally from Yorkshire. She took a summer job in Mid Wales in 1985 – and never left. She has two grown children and lives with her husband, Paul. After studying a number of Creative Writing courses linked to Aberystwyth University, she discovered a talent for writing. The Luck was her first novel, published by Honno in October 2022.