At one point she found herself in a three-way shortlist tussle with Will Self and Hillary Mantel. The Observer dubbed it ‘ Joyful’, the FT called it’ full of warmth and bittersweet humour.’ It was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year and the Green Carnation Prize. Her magically moving book Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma came out last July. It’s been quite bewildering watching what’s happened to Kerry since then. We had both been signed by the same publisher at pretty much the same time, and we were both nervous about getting mauled, chewed up and repeatedly stamped on by the critics. It was about a month till our debuts were released. We were both paddling in very much the same literary boat. Something a little different on the blog today.
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