I bought this solely for the title! From here. I always thought slag was an Australian word (like root and chook), but it must also be an English word.
Here’s the blurb …
Slag. Noun. A promiscuous woman, of cheap or questionable character. Mostly derogatory. Sometimes affectionate.
Takes one to know one…
Sisters Sarah and Juliette are going on a whisky-fuelled campervan road-trip across Scotland to celebrate Juliette’s birthday – and they’re going to dig up some demons from the past.
Sarah is 15.
SEXUAL 2.5 (one only went halfway in)
GREAT 1 (her English teacher Mr Keaveney, who definitely feels the same way)
Her annoying younger sister Juliette
Her best friend Nessa, boy band 4Princes
Sarah is 41.
SEXUAL Rather not say, but that last one was compellingly awful
GREAT Nope
Millennials like Juliette thinking they’ve got it bad
Fellow Gen X-ers
From the acclaimed author of ANIMALS and ADULTS, SLAGS is a no-holds-barred, frank and heartfelt exploration of sisterhood, friendship and teenage obsession.
I was at high school in the 80s and slag was used prolifically to insult girls (ya slag). I enjoyed this novel. It has two time periods – contemporary and when Sarah is 15 (alternating chapters). It is all from Sarah’s perspective, sometimes first person and sometimes third.
This is a novel that needs to be read more than once. There is an event early in the novel that seems incidental, but is in fact a triggering event for Sarah’s life.
This novel is about friendships, sisterly relationships, early sexual experiences and the narratives well tell ourselves (sometimes true, but also sometimes false).
A review.