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Anne Donovan is the author of the novel Buddha Da, which was short-listed for the Orange Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the Scottish Book of the Year Award; was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; received a Scottish Arts Council Award; and won the Le Prince Maurice Award in Mauritius. She has also written for radio and the stage and has been working on the screenplay for the film of Buddha Da.
Being Emily
by Anne Donovan
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9781847673916
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publication date: 01/05/2008
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 304
- Sales rank: 303,740
- File size: 408 KB
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Things are never dull in the O’Connell family. Still, Fiona, squeezed between her quiet brother and her mischievous line-dancing twin sisters, thinks life in their tenement flat is far less interesting than Emily Bronte’s. But tragedy is not confined to Victorian novels. And life for Fiona in this happy domestic setup is about to change forever. Following the devastating events of a single day, her family can never be the same. But perhaps, new relationships will develop – built on a solid foundation of love. Moving, funny and ultimately heart-warming, Being Emily is a wonderful novel about one young girl trying to find her place in the world amid the turmoil that only your own family can create.
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"Donovan calms the heroic Brontë tempest by infusing it with a saving humour, tolerance, and good sense." —Guardian
"Heart-wrenching plot and spirited prose . . . her best offering yet." —Sunday Herald
"A sparky story . . . buzzing with Glaswegian patois, this is a charming coming-of-real-life novel." —Good Housekeeping
"Wonderfully fresh and moving." —Times
"Her deliciously corkscrewed tale flows with the sap of everyday life." —Sunday Times
The Times
Donovan writes with bittersweet amplomb.SUNDAY TIMES
Her deliciously corkscrewed tale flows with the sap of everyday life.Mslexia - Leanne Kolirin
An endearing coming-of-age novel, provoking laughter and sadness in equal measure.Independent on Sunday - Anita Sethi
Donovan writes, in Glaswegian dialect, with an idiosyncratic and beguiling prose style that was so powerful in her debut novel, Buddha Da ...She handles characters and plot with both toughness and tenderness, and depicts the pains and pleasures borne by the developing female artist.The Times - Kate Saunders
Wonderfully fresh and moving.Sunday Herald - The Arts
Being Emily is so genuinely good-hearted, it's easy to warm to it. Rarely is Glasgow depicted so affectionately and if the family at the centre of the book is dysfunctional, there's no wallowing in misery for misery's sake.Guardian - Stevie Davies
A tender, lyrical coming-of-age narrative, its people drawn with love in that singing Glasgow voice that is Donovan's signatureIndependent on Sunday
She handles characters and plot with both toughness and tenderness, and depitcs the pains and pleasures borne by the developing borne by the developing female artist.SUNDAY HERALD
Donovan's novel is an accomplished family drama which is quirky and endearing. Don't wait until your next life to read it.