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Emma Donoghue
Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins…
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Jack is five and, like any little boy, excited at the prospect of presents and cake. He’s looking forward to telling his friends it’s his birthday, too. But although Jack…
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Emma Donoghue, the "soul-stirring" (Oprah Daily) nationally bestselling author of Room, returns with a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station. Based on…
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From the bestselling author of Room, a gripping and deeply moving story of progress and reaction, of evil and love.
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A story of survival set in 600 AD Ireland; a parable of patriarchy, destruction and religion at sea.
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Emma Donoghue (Author)
Kidnapped as a teenage girl, Ma has been locked inside a purpose built room in her captor’s garden for seven years. Her five year old son, Jack, has no concept…
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Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. A small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, by the bestselling author of…
From the best-selling author of Room, a story of love pitted against evil and now a major new Netflix film starring Florence Pugh
A story of survival set in 600 AD Ireland; a parable of patriarchy, destruction and religion at sea, by Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author of Room.
The sensational novel from the bestselling author of The Pull of the Stars and The Wonder.
The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world.
The sensational historical novel from the bestselling author of The Pull of the Stars and The Wonder.
"A wrenching love story" (Chris Bohjalian, The Washington Post) based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply, and dangerously in love at boarding school in 19th…
First collection of plays from the author of the bestselling novels Room and Frog Music, previously nominated for the Booker Prize and Orange Prize. Contains the plays Kissing the Witch…
A chilling novel from the bestselling author of Room.
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Emma Donoghue uncovers the astonishing range of lesbian and bisexual identities described in British texts between 1668 and 1801.
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Inseparable explores the little-known literary tradition of love between women in Western literature.
Una extraordinaria y cruda historia de amor y supervivencia.En parte libro de aventuras infantiles, en parte thriller adulto..Un libro que te rompera el corazon. The Irish Times Para Jack…
From the New York Times -bestselling author of Room, Hood is a graceful tale of coming to terms with loss.
A retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother’s wartime secrets in…
Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about…
"Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister's five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England…
Frog Music is a wonderfully evocative novel of intrigue and murder from Emma Donoghue, the author of the international bestseller Room, an emotive and powerful novel that was shortlisted for…
The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. Soon to be a major motion picture, directed by…
A retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes his great-nephew to the French Riviera in hopes of uncovering his own mother’s wartime secrets.
Includes questions for topics and discussion and an excerpt from the author’s novel, Room.
An intimate portrait of a fascinating couple.
A collection of fact-inspired short stories, from the bestselling author of Room.
An anthology of 29 modern lesbian short stories compiled by Emma Donoghue.
Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, July 2020. –Title page verso.
With poems in English by over one hundred female poets – American, English, Scottish, Canadian, South African, Indian, Irish, and Australian – this is an extraordinary collection that pays homage…
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From the author of Slammerkin, a gripping historical novel about three famous Londoners - an artist, an actress and an aristocrat - based on a true scandal of 18th century…
* A gripping historical novel, based on a true story, which tells the tale of a girl born into rough cloth who hungered for lace and was hanged for murder…
From the acclaimed novelist an electrifying collection of stories exploring taboos and secrets.
* From the bestselling author of Slammerkin comes a collection of fascinating historical stories
In this deeply moving and life-affirming tale, a mother must nurture her five-year-old son through an unfathomable situation with only the power of their imagination and their boundless capacity to…
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