'Rose Boyt writes with a vivid physical immediacy that can take the breath away. She is an original, with her own strange magic.' The Independent
'I am smiling. It ain't just me listening to our Maggie. Her voice carries all over the flats. I imagine all the women on our estate what have sons and daughters and husbands like it all sitting up and listening to hear what she says you just let him shit on you makes you so weak you ain't no good to no cunt. I think about myself and my Tony. I picture all the women down our way what suffer and turn a blind eye listening to our Maggie and finding the strength to sling their loved ones out on the street and slamming the door and getting on with their life. How women can stand up for ourselves and say no what I don't think is a lot to ask. Do you?'
What goes on behind closed doors? Hows Your Father tells the story of four generations of one Hackney family on a rollercoaster ride of drugs, violence, infidelity and the redeeming joys of motherhood.
