Touchy Subjects: Book summary and reviews of Touchy Subjects by Emma Donoghue

Media Reviews

"Throughout, Donoghue offers deadpan asides about the trappings of the recent boom times in Ireland." - PW.
"There are no weak links in this collection, which should find a home in all public libraries." - Library Journal.
"Delightful examples of Donoghue's all-encompassing talent that should be read by fans of her period pieces as well as her gay audience-indeed, by anyone who cherishes thoughtful, warm-hearted fiction." - Kirkus.

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Emma Donoghue Author Biography

Born in Dublin in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an Irish emigrant twice over: she spent eight years in Cambridge doing a PhD in eighteenth-century literature before moving to London, Ontario, where she lives with her partner and their two children. She also migrates between genres, writing literary history, biography, stage and radio plays as well as fairy tales and short stories. She is best known for her novels, which range from the historical (The Wonder, Frog Music, Slammerkin, Life Mask, Landing, The Sealed Letter) to the contemporary (Stir-Fry, Hood, Landing). Her international bestseller Room was a New York Times Best Book of 2010 and was a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes.

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Emma Donoghue: don-a-hue

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