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TRACK TO MY ROOTS

Dr Louise Powell, author of Underdogs, shares further dogs’ life memories

OUNTY Durham writer Dr Louise Powell has enjoyed a lifelong love of greyhound racing.
She recalls her working class background in the Teessideworld of the flapper tracks in a traditional mining area for her much acclaimed first novel, Underdogs.
Written entirely in the language of her childhood, the East Durham dialect, the book is a gripping tale underpinned by Dr Powell’s intimate knowledge of the sport she grew up with, her experiences as a greyhound trainer in the area, and her fresh literary sty...

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