La història d'en Shuggie Bain

In the early eighties, Glasgow is dying: a once prosperous mining town is now plagued by Thatcher's policies, pushing families into unemployment and discouragement. Agnes Bain is a beautiful and unlucky woman who always dreamed of achieving a better life: a beautiful house and a happiness that she did not have to pay in installments. When her husband, an expansive taxi driver and womanizer, abandons her for another, Agnes finds herself alone in charge of three children in a neighborhood mired in misery and disappointment, sinking deeper and deeper into the bottomless pit of drink. Her children will do everything possible to save her, but, forced themselves to get ahead, they will end up surrendering one by one. All except Shuggie, the youngest son, the only one who refuses to give in, the one who keeps Agnes afloat with his unconditional love. Shuggie, a sensitive, mannered, and somewhat rebellious child, is mortified that miners' children laugh at him and that adults call him "different," but stubborn as he is, he is also convinced that if he tries to the maximum he will be able to be as "normal" as the other boys and will be able to help his mother escape from this hopeless place.