Books by Emma Donoghue

It's Jack's birthday, and he's excited about turning five. Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 ... More

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Counterfeiter. Dishwasher. Prostitute. Attorney. Sculptor. Mercenary. Elephant. Corpse. The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma ... More

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Set in London and Monmouth in the late 1700s, this is an extraordinary novel about Mary Saunders, the young daughter of a poor seamstress. Mary ... More

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LIFE MASK is the true story of three famous Londoners - an artist, an actress and an aristocrat - at the end of the eighteenth century. This is ... More

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Donoghue vividly brings to life stories inspired by her discoveries of fascinating, hidden scraps of the past. She brings to her tales a colorful, ... More

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How do you make conversation with a sperm donor? How do you say someone's novel is drivel? Would you give a screaming baby brandy? In what words ... More

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Kate Wall is flying to Dublin for the funeral of her younger sister Cara. Staying with her sedentary father and sister's housemate Pen, Kate comes to ... More

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After a separation of many years, Emily 'Fido' Faithfull bumps into her old friend Helen Codrington on the streets of Victorian London. Much has ... More

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Acclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue unravels 13 familiar stories and recasts them into a collection of remarkable fairy tales. Cinderella, Beauty, ... More

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A delightful, old-fashioned love story with a uniquely 21st century twist, here is a romantic comedy that explores the pleasures and sorrows of long ... More

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Emma Donoghue examines how desire between women in English literature has been portrayed, from schoolgirls and vampires to runaway wives, from cross ... More

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The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits is a book of fictions, but they are also true. Over the last ten years, I have often stumbled over a scrap of ... More

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Emma Donoghue illustrates the ways in which women present their affections for each other, as childhood playmates, romantic friends, and lovers. With ... More

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A 5-year-old narrates a riveting story about his life growing up in a single room where his mother aims to protect him from the man who has held her ... More

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Maria has just arrived in Dublin. Staying with her aunt, Maria decides to move out, so she answers an advertisement pinned up in the students' union. ... More

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A groundbreaking work of lesbian scholarship that presents a revisionist look at 18th-century lesbian culture. "True stories that read as ... More

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Biography of the aunt and niece who wrote together under the pseudonym of Michael Field.

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A collection of literary short fiction by lesbian writers from all over the world ranging from naturalism to science fiction, historical settings to ... More

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An unpredictable gathering of 110 women poets of all sexualities, writing for friends or for lovers, all in some way speaking of love between women. ... More

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A collection of 13 interconnected stories, narrated by women, about power and about surviving, in a bewildering world, to tell your own story. Evil ... More

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To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat ... More

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