Landing
LANDING (New York : Harcourt, 2007, ISBN 0-15-101297-0, distributed in Canada by Raincoast).
A contemporary love story about emigration, LANDING is set in boomtown Ireland and smalltown Canada. In 2008 the Golden Crown Literary Society gave it an award in the Lesbian Dramatic General Fiction category.An unabridged audiobook of LANDING on cd, narrated by Laura Hicks, is published by BBC Audiobooks America and can be downloaded from audible.com:
http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&productID=BK_BBCA_000037
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Translations
LANDEN (Utrecht: LaVita, 2009)
http://www.lavitapublishing.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=3%3Aboeken&id=95%3Alanden-emma-donoghue&Itemid=3
Forthcoming in French.
‘Explores with a light, sure touch the subject of desire across distances of various kinds: generational, cultural, even spiritual. Donoghue handles the complexities of the women’s relationship with ease… [an] entertaining journey into what Jude calls “the intersection of love and geography.” – NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
‘Lesbian romance goes mainstream in this charming tale… nervous and sexy and funny in the best romantic-comedy tradition… razor-sharp prose, full-bodied portraits of all the secondary characters and shrewd observations about everything… warmhearted, readable and entertaining.’ – KIRKUS
‘Donoghue’s sprightly novel is a comedy of manners, a romantic romp with a teasing twist. Like much of the talented writer’s fiction, the book is clever, well populated with eccentric characters and full of surprises… Donoghue’s smart, sexy, wryly observed novel succeeds in catching the tenor of the times.’ – LONDON FREE PRESS
‘Emma Donoghue’s wit serves her well… a delight to read… manages to convey the strangeness, as well as the familiarity, of both Canada and Ireland, when viewed through lover’s eyes. How moving her two lovers are, in every sense.’ – TORONTO STAR