Background:
Breakfast on Pluto, by Patrick McCabe, was first published in 1998 and was a huge success, almost winning the 1998 Booker Prize (the top prize for literature in Great Britain). The novel takes place in the 1960s to 1970s and tells the story of a transgender woman by the name of “Pussy” Braden during The Troubles, a particularly tumultuous and dangerous period in Ireland’s history.
“Pussy” Braden is searching for many things: a mother, a family, a lover, a home, love, identity, and so on. Make a list of at least five things Patrick is looking for and write Patrick’s definition for each one.