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Rowena Macdonald

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I was born on the Isle of Wight, grew up in the West Midlands and now live in East London. I've published two books: Smoked Meat (Flambard Press) a collection of interlinked stories set in Montreal, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Edge Hill Prize, and The Threat Level Remains Severe (Gallic Books), which is set in the House of Commons, where I have worked for many years, and was shortlisted for the Guardian's 2017 Not the Booker Prize. ...more

Average rating: 3.49 · 241 ratings · 48 reviews · 3 distinct worksSimilar authors
Threat Level Remains Severe

3.42 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions
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Smoked Meat

4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Little Roasts

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008
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Very stylish, psychologically astute and well written. Coolly observed, urbane, at times wryly amusing. These stories mainly focus on complex friendships and relationships, often spanning over many decades. They show how people’s fortunes rise and fa ...more
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An enjoyable light read. At times it made me laugh out loud: the bit where some boy she fancies at university stands up and she realises he’s wearing a flowing white skirt (I’m not paraphrasing well). Dunham is a very witty writer with a great turn o ...more
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I’m fascinated by class so I was interested in what Polly had to say about it all. She was interesting about her upper middle class background, and the bit about working in Zimbabwe was particularly good. However, she didn’t go into her children’s sc ...more
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