{"id":13614,"date":"2011-06-11T09:49:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T13:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=13614"},"modified":"2014-05-17T15:58:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T19:58:53","slug":"landing-by-emma-donoghue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/landing-by-emma-donoghue\/","title":{"rendered":"Landing by Emma Donoghue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Landing\"<\/a>Had I not been so enthralled with Room<\/a><\/em>, I don’t know if I would have discovered Emma Donoghue<\/a>‘s many other titles, but I’ve definitely been enjoying reading newly discovered authors’ works backwards.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the cover and you can probably guess what Landing<\/em>\u00a0is about. Yup, it’s a love story. But with Donoghue at the helm, you have to expect some unconventionality at the very least.<\/p>\n

So the hand on the left belongs to S\u00edle (pronounced Sheila) O’Shaughnessy of Dublin, Ireland, and the right to Jude Turner of Ireland, Ontario. S\u00edle may be Irish-born and bred, but with an Indian mother, she’s not quite Irish enough for some <\/em>people. At 39, she’s\u00a0spent many years as a worldly flight attendant, staying well-connected via her “gizmo,” enjoying a rather glamorous city life when she’s on the ground. At 25, Jude \u2013 also a hybrid mix, of a Canadian father and an English mother\u00a0\u2013\u00a0is a technophobic Luddite, runs a small village’s tiny museum, and has never had the need or desire to travel very far.<\/p>\n

The two meet on a plane over a dead body (!) … S\u00edle working, Jude hoping to survive her inaugural flight (another !). How much more memorable can love at first sight be?\u00a0In spite of thousands of miles, die-hard habits, missing mothers, past and present lovers, doubting friends, S\u00edle and Jude slowly work their lives together.<\/p>\n

Interwoven with the pitter-patter inducing love story is a mindful look at immigration (“emigration <\/em>sounded\u00a0noble and tragic, immigration <\/em>grubby and grasping”), from peripatetic parents criss-crossing the globe to their stay-at-home progeny facing re-invention and relocation. Falling in love outside your comfort zone means borders change, populations shift, cultures adapt, racism threatens, and strangers can become family.<\/p>\n

Just a final thought … perhaps Donoghue writes part of her own immigration story here: Like S\u00edle,\u00a0Donoghue is Dublin-born, and now lives with her partner and their children in … London, Ontario.\u00a0Love can land you anywhere …<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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