Already, Too Late av Carl MacDougall

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<p>In post-war Glasgow a primary school class was set a composition topic: a memorable family event. Each child completed the assignment ¿ all, that is, but one. </p><p>Why didn¿t you write about your family?</p><p>Please, miss. I didn¿t, I didn¿t know what to write.</p><p>But now, he does.</p><p><br></p><p>In Already, Too Late, Carl MacDougall, one of Scotland¿s most accomplished and celebrated literary writers, presents a memoir of extraordinary authenticity and honesty.</p><p><br></p><p>This memoir takes us through MacDougall¿s upbringing, both in and out of care on the west coast of Scotland, Fife, and industrial Glasgow, during the first decade of his life.</p><p><br></p><p>Within this world, now teetering on the brink of our collective memory, sits a single-parent household of German descent; money is tight, trauma roams free and tragedy comes calling again and again.</p><p><br></p><p>Through a powerful mosaic of stories, MacDougall strips away all rose-tinted sentimentality to c