A tender, lyrical coming-of-age narrative, its people drawn with love in that singing Glasgow voice that is Donovan's signature
Stevie Davies

Guardian

An endearing coming-of-age novel, provoking laughter and sadness in equal measure.
Leanne Kolirin

Mslexia

Donovan's novel is an accomplished family drama which is quirky and endearing. Don't wait until your next life to read it.

SUNDAY HERALD

Her deliciously corkscrewed tale flows with the sap of everyday life.

SUNDAY TIMES

Wonderfully fresh and moving.
Kate Saunders

The Times

Being Emily is so genuinely good-hearted, it's easy to warm to it. Rarely is Glasgow depicted so affectionately and if the family at the centre of the book is dysfunctional, there's no wallowing in misery for misery's sake.
The Arts

Sunday Herald

Donovan writes, in Glaswegian dialect, with an idiosyncratic and beguiling prose style that was so powerful in her debut novel, Buddha Da...She handles characters and plot with both toughness and tenderness, and depicts the pains and pleasures borne by the developing female artist.
Anita Sethi

Independent on Sunday

She handles characters and plot with both toughness and tenderness, and depitcs the pains and pleasures borne by the developing borne by the developing female artist.

Independent on Sunday

Donovan writes with bittersweet amplomb.

The Times