Monday 31 January 2011

Being Emily - Anne Donovan

Engaging tale about a likeable Glaswegian girl with an Emily Brontë obsession trying to find her way in life despite family tragedy and turbulent relationships. Does well at conveying the spiralling effects of grief and self-destructive behaviour as well as the struggle to balance reason with emotion and the difficulty of opening up to well-meaning adults. (I also liked her previous novel, 'Buddha Da'.)

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