Boys Don't Cry by Fiona Scarlett

Boys Don't Cry by Fiona ScarlettJoe is 17, a gifted artist and a brilliant older brother to 12 year old Finn. They live with their Ma and Da in a Dublin tower block called Bojaxhiu or 'the Jax'. It's not an easy place to be a kid, especially when your father, Frank, is the muscle for the notorious gang leader Dessie 'The Badger' Murphy. But whether it's daytrips to the beach or drawing secret sketches, Joe works hard to show Finn life beyond the battered concrete yard below their

introduced by son Adam Cohen

disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood

When the season changes she must say goodbye

and Victoria Adukwei Bulley considers the power of herbs and why there is no such thing as a weed

and a fresh new look

a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together

which have made him an exile in his home town and cost him his dearest relationships

including growing something from seed

'A wake-up call

While some perished beneath wind and sea-spray others flourished

She abandoned her arranged marriage to join an ashram

After their breakfast and a swim in the sea