To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits....
From the author of the worldwide bestseller Room: "Her greatest achievement yet...Emma Donoghue shows more than range with FROG MUSIC--she shows genius." -- Darin Strauss, author of Half a LifeSummer of 1876: San Francisco i...
Named a Notable Book of 2016 by the Washington Post, one of Kirkus Reviews' "Best 100 Fiction Books of 2016," and one of Fresh Air's Maureen Corrigan's 10 Best Books of 2016*The latest masterpiece by Emma Donoghue, bestselli...
From the New York Times bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue, Hood is a graceful tale of a young woman who must come to terms with love and loss in the wake of her partner's sudden passing. The New York Times Book Review calls Ho...
An 18th-century young woman named Mary Saunders--apparently an actual person--yearns to be a prostitute because she likes their clothes and their independence. Steeped in period detail, the story explores the role of women at the time...
A delightful, old-fashioned love story with a uniquely twenty-first-century twist, Landing is a romantic comedy that explores the pleasures and sorrows of long-distance relationships—the kind millions of us now maintain mostly by pl...
The three main characters in LIFE MASK, which is set in the late 18th century, are an actress, a woman sculptor, and the Earl of Derby. Derby is in love with Eliza, the actress, and is merely friends with Anne, the sculptress. When th...
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New S...
Emma DonoghueA collection of 13 interconnected stories that are modern-day versions of such familiar fairy tales as "Beauty and the Beast', 'The Goose Girl', and 'Snow White'. For example, in this retelling of 'Cinderella' Cinderella leaves ...
Miss Emily 'Fido' Faithfull is a 'woman of business' and a spinster pioneer in the British women's movement, independent of mind but naively trusting of heart. Distracted from her cause by the sudden return of a once-dear friend, the ...