'Impossible to put down' Stephen KingLib Wright, a young English nurse, arrives in an impoverished Irish village on a strange mission. Eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell is said to have eaten nothing for months but appears to be thriving...

A collection of short stories inspired by real incidents in British history from the last 700 years. von Donoghue, Emma

Sumac Lottery is the fifth of seven kids who share their big house with four parents, one grandfather and five pets. At nine, she's the keeper of her family's traditions - from Pow Wow to Holi, Carnival to Hogmanay, Sumac's on guard to...

"Room" von Emma Donoghue ist ein eindringlicher Roman, der die Geschichte von Jack, einem fünfjährigen Jungen, und seiner Mutter erzählt. Die beiden leben in einem winzigen Raum, in dem Jacks Mutter seit sieben Jahren gefangen gehalten...

Today I'm five. I was four last night going to sleep in Wardrobe, but when I wake up in Bed in the dark I'm changed to five, abracadabra.Jack lives with his Ma in Room. Room has a single locked door and a skylight, and it measures eleven...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE'Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days' Audrey...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE'Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days' Audrey...

Passions Between Women von Donoghue, Emma

Praise for Emma Donoghue'Donoghue is a master of plot' Time'These rooms of Donoghue's may be tiny and sealed off, yet they teem with life-and-death drama and great moral questions' Washington Post'Donoghue, a writer of great vitality and...

„Room“ von Emma Donoghue erzählt die Geschichte des fünfjährigen Jack und seiner Mutter, die in einem kleinen Raum gefangen gehalten werden. Die gesamte Welt von Jack besteht aus diesem Raum, da er dort geboren wurde und nie etwas...

'An important, touching novel that stays with you long after you're done reading it' IndependentNoah hasn't been to Nice since he was a young boy. Now, he is only days away from his first trip back when he receives a phone call from a...

Love between women crops up throughout literature: from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Charlotte Brontë, Dickens, Agatha Christie, and many more. In Inseparable Emma Donoghue examines how desire between women in literature has been...