Being Emily - Anne Donovan Reviews
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Newest Review: ... and whilst the accent initially was tricky it soon becomes part of the narrative and you forget about it. Even for words that ... more
... you may not recognise, it is easy to put them into context.
Fiona's life is challenging at times and Anne Donovan certainly doesn't hold back but what you have to remember as a reader is that we are party to the challenges through the eyes of whatever age Fiona is at the time of them happening. It is easy to use the eyes and wisdom of an adult to solve her problems or think about how we might handle them, however using a child's or teenager's logic brings different results; some of which are painful.
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Customer Being Emily - Anne Donovan Reviews (1)
by - written on 05/10/08 (Very useful, 38 readings)
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Fiona is one of 4 children. Her brother Patrick is older than she is (by quite a few years) and then there are the twins, Mona and Rona, a good few years younger than she is. They live in Glasgow with their mother and father and the beginning of the novel introduces all of the characters with a little information about them; making it easier to know who is who. Narrated in first person by Fiona, we are told the story of her life from being a child until she has become a young woman. It is a nice coming of age story. Fiona narrates in Glaswegian and whilst the accent initially was tricky it soon becomes part of the narrative and you forget about it. Even for ... Read the complete review
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