Hi,
Glad you liked The Blue Hen. That's why I found it so difficult to fit it neatly into one of the genres ! Some bits, as you said, were really funny and some bits were really tragic. I thought it gave a good account of what it must have been like living in Coatbridge when so many heavy industries were shutting down.
I might have given it 4 and a half as I found some bits really got to me.
Marion P.
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