Buddha Da by Anne Donovan

• Sheffield Libraries, Archives and Information Services, England
• Glasgow Libraries Information & Learning, Scotland
  

Anne Marie's Da, a Glaswegian painter and decorator, has always been game for a laugh. So when he first takes up meditation at the Buddhist Centre, no one takes him seriously (especially when his pursuit of the new lama ends in a trip round the Carmunnock bypass). But as Jimmy becomes more involved in a search for the spiritual, his beliefs start to come into conflict with the needs of his wife, Liz. Cracks appear in their apparently happy family life, and the ensuing events change the lives of each family member.

Anne Donovan's first collection of short stories, Hieroglyphics and Other Stories, was published in 2001. She was the winner of the 1997 Macallan/Scotland on Sunday short story competition and a Canongate Prize winner in 2000. Buddha Da was shortlisted for the 2003 Orange Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread First Novel Award. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland.