I'm a big fan and look forward to more from this author. Like that book, "Landing" lives as much in the minds of the protagonists as in any action-paced plotting. I was a huge fan of that book, in particular her ability to bring to life a tilted world through the eyes of a five year old boy. Emma Donaghue is perhaps most familiar for "Room", which was turned into an Academy Award nominated Best Picture film. 12.99 With Membership: Learn More 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 relationshipsthe kind millions of us now maintain mostly by plane, phone, and Internet. Donoghue is a natural storyteller this small novel is no exception, a tale of long-distance love and the. I was rooting for the two women from the start. by Emma Donoghue, reviewed & recommended. Anyo9ne who has live through a LDR will recognize the meaning (and misunderstanding) which can go into a simple email or telephone call, and the anticipation of long awaited reunions. We alternate from one to the other, sharing in visits, telephone calls and emails. I adored Donaghue's characterization of Jude and Sile. in Emma Donoghues Landing Hints of a transnational sensibility appear in many of Emma Donoghues works, and, over the course of her increasingly illustrious literary career, her fiction has grown more global in its scope. Museum curator and flight attendant go from the first rush of delight and discovery to the agonies of a long distance romance. A charming romance starting with a 'Meet Cute' aboard a transatlantic Canada-to Ireland flight.
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