'A heart-breaking, inspiring read' ALAN CUMMING'ONE OF THE MOST MOVING ACCOUNTS OF NON-FICTION EVER WRITTEN' GUARDIAN 'If you like Shuggie Bain, then Slum Boy is for you' LEMN SISSAYJohn MacDonald is a four-year-old boy growing up in the slums of Glasgow.His mother is an addict who leaves him starving in their flat for days at a time. When a neighbour files a report, John is wrenched away from her and dropped into the care system.There, he has experiences he's too young to understand which his Romani adoptive parents silence as he grows into a gay man. But John dreams of being reunited with his mother and will stop at nothing to find her.Slum Boy is about how, against all odds, John found a way to his mother and true identity: JUANO DIAZ. 'Remarkable' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTIn 2024, Juano Diaz was awarded the Pride Award for LGBTQ+ Heroes Changing the World. 'Beautiful. I hope it finds a million readers' ANDREW O'HAGAN