num_pages: 304
description: Amande's Bed is the story of Peem, a small boy growing up in the 1950s whose father is communist, whose mother isn't all that well and whose city is Aberdeen, a post-war place of broken people and general poverty. He is clever; he loves "words ending in o, Mikad-o, Meccan-o, Gepett-o, Ghett-o"; in so many ways this is a novel about what happens to words and to wide-eyed cleverness and hope.
language: English
title: Amande's Bed
titlecomplete: Amande's Bed
characters: Ern Royston, Madge Endrie, Andy Endrie, Miss Florence, Amande McClung, Jed McClung, Jobby Numbers, Uncle Spraggy, Ludwig, Mannie Bain, Miss Inkster, Dinah Wylie, Alex Martin, Peem Endrie, Robert Tarr, Jock Cran
ratings_count: 17
places: Aberdeen, Scotland, Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Saltire Society Literary Award
category: Scottish First Book of the Year
publisher: Thirsty Books