Description:White Goods is a novel about loss and the search for the truth, told through the eyes of a deceptive twelve-year-old boy. Scot Buckley is a complex young man, living under the shadow of absence: his mother encounters a horrific death at the start of the book. Further, he is haunted by an elusive a relative known as ‘Jackie’ – whose very being the rest of his family are determined to keep a secret.