Author: Anne Donovan
Year: 2001
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Short Stories, Fiction
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9781841955193
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The debut collection of the Orange- and Whitbread-shortlisted author of Buddha Da
A beautiful collection--charming, witty, and touching--these stories give voice to a variety of different characters: from the little girl who wants to look "subtle" for her father's funeral, a child who has an email pen pal on Jupiter, and an old lady who becomes a star through "zimmerobics." Often writing in a vibrant Glaswegian vernacular, Donovan deftly gives her characters authenticity with a searing power, aided and abetted by tender subtlety.
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