Donoghue’s 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award Slammerkin won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction.īorn 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.We remember our childhood room: all the toys and stuffed animals, the swings, the rocking chair, the baby grand piano being played by a dog in a diaper… oh wait, that was the nursery from Muppet Babies. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes, and was a New York Times Best Book of 2010, and an international best-seller. The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag, culture shock and generational differences, gradually find their way towards each other and a new understanding of the risks one takes for family and those they love.Įmma Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. He begrudgingly agrees, but that means bringing the eleven year old on his trip, and so the journey begins. Then, out of the blue, a call from social services: Noah is the closest available relative of an eleven-year-old great-nephew he’s never met, who urgently needs someone to look after him. Armed with a handful of photos, he had planned his trip to unravel the mystery of his mother’s wartime years. As he prepares for a first visit back to his birthplace, the South of France, Noah has no idea of how drastically his life is about to change.
Written with all the emotional intensity that made Room an international bestseller, Akin tells with humor and tenderness the story of retired New York professor Noah Selvaggio. This program is presented in collaboration with Elm Street Books.
Donoghue will present her talk on Wednesday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m. New Canaan Library is pleased to welcome Emma Donoghue, author of the international bestseller Room, introducing her just released novel Akin.
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