"Ngwazi ndi aliyense amene amachita zomwe angathe," Romain Roilland adamaliza kunena za nzeru zonse padziko lapansi. Koma pali zochepa zomwe timaganiza kuti mwana angachite kuti akhalenso mwana. Chifukwa kutaya mwana sikwachilendo pomwe kutaya kholo posachedwa ndichinthu chomwe chimasowetsa mtendere.
Munkhaniyi, mayi watayika mu labyrinth yodziwononga yokha, ya chiwonongeko ngati kuli kofunikira kuzikumbukira. Palibe amene ayenera kuuza Agnes kuti ayenera kukweza mutu wake ndikubwezeretsanso moyo wake, ngati gawo lotsika mtengo la kudzithandiza. Palibe wina kupatula mwana wamakani yemwe chiyembekezo chake chitha kukwaniritsa izi komanso kuchita kwakukulu, zomwe angathe ...
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu, Glasgow akumwalira: tawuni yomwe kale inali yotukuka tsopano ikukumana ndi mfundo za Thatcher, zomwe zikukakamiza mabanja kusowa ntchito ndi kukhumudwa. Agnes Bain ndi mayi wokongola komanso wopanda mwayi yemwe nthawi zonse amalakalaka kuti akhale ndi moyo wabwino: nyumba yokongola komanso chisangalalo chomwe sichinayenera kulipira pang'onopang'ono.
Mwamuna wake, woyendetsa taxi komanso wokonda akazi, atamusiya wina, Agnes amapezeka kuti ali yekha m'manja mwa ana atatu m'dera lomwe ladzazidwa ndi mavuto komanso kukhumudwa, akumira mozama mu dzenje lakumwa. Ana ake adzayesetsa kuti amupulumutse, koma, podzikakamiza kuti apite patsogolo, pamapeto pake adzipereka m'modzi m'modzi. Onse kupatula Shuggie, mwana wamwamuna wotsiriza, yekhayo amene akukana kugonjera, yemwe ndi chikondi chake chopanda malire amasunga Agnes.
Shuggie, mwana womvera, wamakhalidwe abwino, komanso wopanduka, ali ndi nkhawa kuti ana am'migodi amamuseka komanso kuti achikulire amamutcha "osiyana," koma aliuma monga momwe aliri, akukhulupiriranso kuti ngati atayesetsa kwambiri adzakhala athe kukhala "wabwinobwino" monga anyamata ena ndipo azitha kuthandiza amayi ake kuthawa m'malo opanda chiyembekezo. Wopambana wa Booker Award yotchuka, Shuggie Bain Nkhani ndi buku lachifundo komanso lowononga lokhudza umphawi komanso malire a chikondi, nkhani yomwe, ndikuwona kwachisoni polimbana ndi zowawa za mkazi polimbana ndi chizolowezi, kukhumudwa ndi kusungulumwa, ili ngati msonkho wosunthira ku chikhulupiriro chosasunthika cha mwana wofunitsitsa kupulumutsa amayi ake zivute zitani.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku "Mbiri ya Shuggie Bain", kuchokera Douglas stuart, Pano:
