Dear Scotland

‘Bad Attitudes’ is a slim volume telling tales from a Glasgow housing scheme, where clashes of personalities within and between households are played out. There are battles of the sexes, ages and even the classes, with individuals’ prejudices and insecurities exposed. Owens characters are complex and believable, understanding that no one is wholly good or bad. It is the arrival of the Dawson family to the estate that begins a dramatic chain of events which show the worst, and best, of human nature.