Emma Donoghue

Learned by Heart

By Emma Donoghue - Published 2023

Genres:

Literary

Donoghue’s biographical novel of the real-life Anne Lister and Eliza Raine focuses on Raine’s story. We meet the fourteen-year-old girls when ...Read Review

Haven

By Emma Donoghue - Published 2022

Genres:

Literary

The medieval monastic ideal of ora et labora (prayer and work) makes for a surprisingly compelling and suspenseful adventure in the hands of ...Read Review

The Pull of the Stars

By Emma Donoghue - Published 2020

Genres:

Literary

This novel is set in Dublin during the Halloween of 1918. Nurse Julia Power finds herself solely in charge of a temporary ward in ...Read Review

The Wonder

By Emma Donoghue - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Emma Donoghue follows up a series of triumphs – the bestselling psychological thriller Room (with its Academy-Award-nominated film adaptation) and the critically acclaimed Astray ...Read Review

Frog Music

By Emma Donoghue - Published 2014

Genres:

Literary

Among Donoghue’s many talents is the ability to take little-known tidbits of history and weave intricate, page-turning tales about them. As she ...Read Review

Astray

By Emma Donoghue - Published 2012

Genres:

Short Stories

Award-winner Donoghue (Room, Life Mask, Slammerkin) presents a collection of her short stories which focus on journeys, both literal and figurative. Characters may ...Read Review

The Sealed Letter

By Emma Donoghue - Published 2009

Genres:

Literary

Based upon the events surrounding an actual, scandalous, and well-documented 1864 London divorce trial, Donoghue’s newest novel explores the disparate worlds of the ...Read Review

Slammerkin

By Emma Donoghue - Published 2001

Genres:

Romance

The title is drawn from 18th century slang for a loose dress, and by extension the loose woman who wears it.  Inspired by ...Read Review