Books by Emma Donoghue
“It was written off the back of the Fritzl case, the real-life story of a girl being trapped for years by her father, an abuser…It’s narrated from the perspective of five-year-old Jack. The voice that Emma Donoghue creates for Jack is so beautiful and yet horrifying at the same time. He is the product of a rape. His mother was kidnapped five years ago and has been kept in a room ever since. Jack has never seen the outside world. Everything he’s ever experienced has been in this tiny room.” Read more...
“I like Emma Donoghue’s novels a lot. This one is a bit different…It’s set around a Dublin maternity ward over just a few days in 1918. Three women from very different classes have to come together to help patients who are having babies at a time when the flu is going on around them… It just resonated with me. It was 100 years ago, but there’s a lot that was very similar. It’s unfortunately staying very relevant. And Emma Lowe is brilliant in her narration.” Read more...
Robin Whitten, Journalist
Interviews where books by Emma Donoghue were recommended
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Vesper Flights
by Helen Macdonald (author and narrator) -
2
The Sandman
by Dirk Maggs (audiobook adaptation), Full Cast & Neil Gaiman -
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The Pull of the Stars: A Novel
by Emma Donoghue & Emma Lowe (narrator) -
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The Searcher: A Novel
by Roger Clark (narrator) & Tana French -
5
A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team
by Adam Lazarre-White (narrator) & Arshay Cooper
The Best Audiobooks of 2020, recommended by Robin Whitten
The Best Audiobooks of 2020, recommended by Robin Whitten
With most people carrying smartphones these days, entering the world of audiobooks has never been easier. Some are straightforward narrations of a book, but when an audiobook is done well, it can be an extraordinary, all-encompassing experience. Here Robin Whitten, editor of AudioFile magazine—the best resource for finding good quality audiobooks on the web, in our view—talks us through her picks for the best audiobooks of 2020, chosen from the hundreds they’ve reviewed over the course of the year.
Psychological Thrillers with a Twist, recommended by Hannah Beckerman
It’s tempting to think that good psychological thrillers are all about plot twists, but in reality it’s the characters that make some books truly memorable. Novelist and literary critic Hannah Beckerman recommends five of her favourites, from Agatha Christie to Alex Michaelides.
