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Anne Donovan

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Coatbridge, Scotland, The United Kingdom

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Anne Donovan’s prize-winning short stories have been published in various anthologies and broadcast on BBC radio. Her collection Hieroglyphics and Other Stories came out in 2001. 2003 saw the release of her debut novel Buddha Da, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize; both books published by Canongate Books. A resident of Glasgow, Scotland, Donovan often employs the local, working-class dialect in her writing; as she says, it provides "a more direct line to the heart, you get closer."

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Average rating: 3.66 · 463 ratings · 110 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Buddha Da 3.66 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Being Emily 3.61 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Hieroglyphics 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Daddy Am I So Fine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1978	My rating:

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Quotes by Anne Donovan

“Aye subtle hen”
― Anne Donovan, Hieroglyphics

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Selection for the May Book Club

Plant Seed, Pull Weed: Nurturing the Garden of Your Life by Geri Larkin

5 votes, 38.5%

The Wisdom of Solitude: A Zen Retreat in the Woods by Jane Dobisz

3 votes, 23.1%

Eat Sleep Sit by Kaoru Nonomura

3 votes, 23.1%

Buddha Da by Anne Donovan

1 vote, 7.7%

Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse by Dilgo Khyentse

1 vote, 7.7%

13 total votes

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