ANFIELD ROAD TP HC

(W/A/CA) Chris Shepherd
For fans of emotional stories about family and ambition, set in the rich history of Liverpool.
As Conor Sterling is about to turn 18, he wrestles with a tough choice: to go to art college or look after his sick, dominating grandmother? While life seems to move faster, he falls for a West-Indian girl who his grandmother disapproves of. Conor is torn between doing the right thing for him or submitting to the will of his crazy grandmother.
What follows is a funny and poignant coming-of-age story set in Liverpool in 1989. The land of The La's, the Hillsborough disaster and Findus Crispy Pancakes.
Writer, artist, and filmmaker Chris Shepherd's debut graphic novel depicts a beautiful coming-of-age story cantered around growing up in the working-class dynamics of Merseyside in the late eighties.