"Igorha nguye nabani na owenza oko anako," uRomain Roilland waphetha ebonisa ngobulumko bonke emhlabeni. Kodwa incinci into esicinga ukuba umntwana angayenza ukubuyisela ubuntwana bakhe. Kungenxa yokuba ukuphulukana nenzala ayisiyondalo ngelixa ukuphulukana nomzali kwangoko kuyinto eyilahlekileyo.
Kweli bali, umama ulahlekile kuloo labyrinth yokuzibhubhisa, yentshabalalo njengoko kufanelekile. Akukho mntu uxelele uAgnes ukuba kufuneka aphakamise intloko kwaye abuyise ubomi bakhe, njengeseshoni yexabiso eliphantsi uncedo. Akukho mntu ngaphandle konyana onenkani onethemba lokufezekisa ubuncinci kwaye ubuninzi bokwenza, ubuncinci, oko anako ...
Ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi asibhozo, iGlasgow iyafa: idolophu eyayinemigodi eyayiphumelele ngoku ihlaselwe yimigaqo-nkqubo ka-Thatcher, inyanzela iintsapho ukuba zingasebenzi kwaye zidimazeke. U-Agnes Bain ngumfazi omhle kwaye ongenathamsanqa owayehlala ephupha ngokufumana ubomi obungcono: indlu entle kunye nolonwabo ekungafuneki ukuba ahlawule ngezavenge.
Xa umyeni wakhe, umqhubi weteksi ohamba yedwa kunye nokuthanda abafazi, emshiya komnye, u-Agnes uzibona eyedwa ekukhathaleleni abantwana abathathu ebumelwaneni obuzaliswe lusizi nokudana, etshona nzulu emngxunyeni ongenasiphelo wokusela. Abantwana bakhe baya kwenza konke okusemandleni abo ukumsindisa, kodwa, ngokuzinyanzela ukuba baqhubele phambili, baya kugqibela ngokuzinikezela nganye nganye. Bonke ngaphandle kukaShuggie, unyana omncinci, kuphela kwakhe owalayo ukunikezela, lowo nothando olungenamiqathango ugcina uAgnes eqhubeka.
U-Shuggie, umntwana onovelwano, onembeko, kunye nomntwana ovukelayo, uvakalelwa kukuba abantwana babasebenzi basezimayini bayamhleka kwaye abantu abadala bambiza ngokuthi "uhluke," kodwa unenkani njengoko enjalo, uqinisekile ukuba xa uzama ubuninzi uya kuphumelela. ube nakho ukuba "njengesiqhelo" njengamanye amakhwenkwe kwaye uya kuba nakho ukunceda umama wakhe abaleke kule ndawo ingenathemba. Ophumelele ibhaso elibalaseleyo leNcwadi, Ibali likaShuggie Bain yinoveli ethambileyo netshabalalisayo emalunga nentlupheko nemida yothando, ibali elithi, ngokujonga kwayo ngemfesane umzabalazo obuhlungu womfazi wokuchasana nokukhotyokiswa, ukuphoxeka nobulolo, imi njengembeko kukholo olungagungqiyo lonyana ozimisele ukusindisa unina. ngazo zonke iindleko.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli "Shuggie Bain Ibali" ngu UDouglas stuart, Apha: