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A delightful, old-fashioned love story with a uniquely twenty-first-century twist, Landing is a romantic comedy that explores the pleasures and sorrows of long-distance relationships–the kind millions of us now maintain mostly by plane, phone, and Internet.

Síle is a stylish citizen of the new Dublin, a veteran flight attendant who’s traveled the world. Jude is a twenty-five-year-old archivist, stubbornly attached to the tiny town of Ireland, Ontario, in which she was born and raised. On her first plane trip, Jude’s and Síle’s worlds touch and snag at Heathrow Airport. In the course of the next year, their lives, and those of their friends and families, will be drawn into a new, shaky orbit.

This sparkling, lively story explores age-old questions: Does where you live matter more than who you live with? What would you give up for love, and would you be a fool to do so?

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Landing Review

K. Malek

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2012

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I absolutely love this book! Emma Donoghue is one of my favorite writers, and she weaves this story beautifully. The characters are unique and remain true to themselves, even as they come together. The pacing is wonderful, and each character unfolds more fully as the story goes on. The dialog is funny and charming, witty, and at times so tender and vulnerable. One of my favorite things about this book is how ideas and actions seem to echo throughout the lives of the characters: for example, a story that Jude tells Síle will resonate in the moment, and it will come back many chapters later. I read this book in one day because I could not put it down!

However, I did have one problem with this book. I gave this story 4 stars because I was disappointed and put off by some of the anti-American comments from the characters. I didn’t understand why these sentiments were there…none of the characters are American. None of the characters want to live in the United States, or have any ties or interests in the Unites States. I didn’t know what purpose the anti-American comments served.

Sifter

4.0 out of 5 stars One continuous read
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2009

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I have only read “Stirfry” of Emma donoghue earlier, and though i liked it, it was difficult to understand on the first go, but i have come to like it.

Reading a lot of reviews that she only mostly writes historical novels, i could not bring myself to try another one.

But i read a few pages of “Landing” and was hooked enough to buy it and finished it in one go. She is one of the few who writers who believes the readers intelligent enough to understand the simple stuff. It is not all fantastic romance as most of the other so called “lesbian” authors would like us to believe.

The goodness, the hurt, the pain, the willingness to try, the fight, the understanding and most of all the love between the two lead characters and their friends are believable.

About Emma Donoghue Author Of Landing pdf Book

Emma Donoghue the author of Landing pdf book grew up in Ireland, 20s in England doing a PhD in eighteenth-century literature, since then in Canada. Best known for my novel, film and play ROOM, also other contemporary and historical novels and short stories, non-fiction, theatre and middle-grade novels.