Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


As her adolescence gives way to the obligations of motherhood, troubled Gemma matures in Motherwell, her Scottish hometown, heavily dependent on the steel industry. Unfortunately for her, her hedonistic way of understanding the world does not fit in with the philosophy of the rest of the villagers, so trouble soon follows.
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“A coming-of-age story set in a world of pigeons and violence”

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