Not Home

Author(s): Sarah Butler

Location(s): Greater Manchester

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): present day

Meet the residents of ‘a shit B&B in a half-forgotten bit of East Manchester’ – Ken’s words, and he ought to know, he’s lived in room 1 for twenty-two years. Angel’s in room 3 – she’s got herself clean and has a plan to get her little boy back from social services. Room 4 is Jimmy, who’s just heard that the man he put inside ten years ago is out and looking for him. Mike in room 5 is the newest resident, fresh out of jail with every intention of changing his life for the better – he just needs to stay away from the lads, and the drugs. Piotr and Charles share room 6. Piotr is a Polish labourer with a bust-up shoulder; Charles, a Londoner, has been sent to Manchester by housing services because they have nowhere for him to stay in the capital – he just wants to get back to his kids. And room 2? That’s Ewan’s room, but he’s gone missing…
Sarah wrote this book in collaboration with the charity Justlife and their clients. The novella, Not Home will sit alongside a companion text, also titled Not Home: a series of true-life stories with accompanying portraits taken by photographer Stephen King.

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