Special

The story is seen through Annie's eyes and told with her uniquely simple yet profound voice. The novel is light and easy to read, yet explores multiple themes, including changing attitudes to race and disability, and the struggles and moral compromises that those from deprived backgrounds families had and still have to make. The novel is gritty, realistic, hard-hitting, funny and thought provoking without ever being preachy. Special is based on Anthony's more than twenty years experience of working within the field of Social Care.