Paper Cup is very special indeed. Not only is it exquisitely written - and I mean catch-your-breath exquisite - the story is so real and told with such grace and compassion... Trust me (trust me), your world will be a better place for reading this story -- JOANNA CANNON
A rough romance written in rich language and a truly original, brilliant novel * * Daily Mail * *
[A] poignant and harrowing read. Campbell gambles on our empathy when she shows Kelly at her worst, and she wins because she has written, without judgment or criticism, an original and memorable protagonist; one who moves through a landscape described with love and care, and whose interior voice will continue to ring in the reader's head even after the long journey's end is reached -- CLAIRE FULLER * * Guardian * *
Glowing with empathy and wry intelligent wit. Let Kelly into your life. She'll change you, and you won't forget her -- KIRSTIN INNES
[A]mbitious . . . picturesque . . . generous and often wryly comic novel: a nice variety of incident and characters, fine descriptions of street life in Glasgow and of Kelly's journey - a quest that is both physical and spiritual, offering the prospect of recovery and redemption . . . readers are surely likely to find pleasure and satisfaction in the humanity of Campbell's treatment of people who have led difficult lives -- Allan Massie * * Scotsman * *
Big-hearted and poignant, Paper Cup is a joyous read -- SARA SHERIDAN
[A]n exquisitely written and compassionate novel of addiction, shame, hope and kindness * * Essential Magazine * *
Wonderful, empathetic, timely and moving . . . With every page I shivered with love and warmth and nostalgia * * Bella Caledonia * *
Full of compassion and hope * * Dumfries & Galloway Life * *
Terrific -- Morag Kuc * * Galloway Gazette * *
