Going down swinging Book

I read Going Down Swinging a second time this week and fell in love all over again. The subject matter is difficult and yet there is such tenderness and binding love between Grace and her mother Eilleen that I find it hard to look away. I love the way the characters use black humor to get through the most awful situations. It feels real and resolute. The story is about alcoholic and prescription drug addicted Eileen and her little girl, Grace. Eileen is a former teacher but substance abuse and crappy taste in men have left her in a mess, on welfare and selling sex periodically to support Grace and her own habits. It's darkly funny and heart wrenching at the same time.