Anne Donovan
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Obras de Anne Donovan
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Donovan, Anne
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 20th Century
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Scotland
UK - Lugares de residencia
- Coatbridge, Scotland, UK (birth)
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 6
- Miembros
- 642
- Popularidad
- #39,293
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 41
- ISBNs
- 36
- Idiomas
- 1
- Favorito
- 2
Each viewpoint character is beautifully illuminated and their thoughts being expressed in a Glaswegian accent adds a wonderful feel to the book. It did take me a page or two or five to get used to, but it was a very good idea of Donovan's to write it as they would speak it.
As usual I won't go into the plot as you can find that out easily enough. I'll just write that watching them live their lives and rub against each other and, yes, I'll say it, grow in their own sometimes challenging ways, is a very satisfying experience. My only regret is that Jimmy's voice is heard less in the later stages of the book then I would have liked. But at the same time, Liz's voice is strengthening and Anne Marie's world is changing brilliantly.
If you want to book that makes you think a lot (but not in a dreadful and dry sort of way), cringe a little, laugh out loud, and smile, this is a great one to grab.… (más)