The McKernan Literary Agency & Consultancy

A funny, touching heart-warming debut novel that will strike a chord with anyone who has been an awkward kid at least once in their life....



It was the morning of my tenth birthday when I experienced the first twinge of, what I would later recognise as, class envy. I suppose it must have had something to do with reaching my first significant age milestone, that made me wonder where I came from and where my life was heading. I lived in a nice house in a safe, quiet neighbourhood, cared for by loving, responsible parents who regarded my welfare and education as their chief priority. They had steady jobs and we wanted for little. My childhood had not been blighted by alcoholism, drug addiction, poverty or crime and I was not ill-treated by malevolent teachers or abusive clergy.
   I couldn't help wondering where it had all gone wrong.