An ';engaging...entertaining journey,' Landing explores the pleasures and sorrows of long-distance love in the digital age (The New York Times Book Review). Sle 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 Ireland, Ontario, the tiny town in which she was born and raised. When Jude meets Sle on her first transatlantic plane trip, the spark between them is instant. After a coffee shared at Heathrow Airport, both women return to their livesbut neither can forget their encounter. Over the next year, Jude and Sle connect through emails, phone calls, letters, and the occasional visit. But no matter how passionate, every long-distance relationship comes to a crossroads, because you can't have a happily ever after when the one you love is a world apart... ';[Donoghue] explores with a light, sure touch the subject of desire across distances of various kinds: generational, cultural, even spiritual.' The New York Times Book Review ';[A] charming tale.' Kirkus Reviews
| ISBN: | 9780547541259 |
| Publication date: | 8th September 2008 |
| Author: | Donoghue, Emma |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Format: | Ebook |
An ';engaging...entertaining journey,' Landing explores the pleasures and sorrows of long-distance love in the digital age (The New York Times Book Review). Sle 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 Ireland, Ontario, the tiny town in which she was born and raised. When Jude meets Sle on her first transatlantic plane trip, the spark between them is instant. After a coffee shared at Heathrow Airport, both women return to their livesbut neither can forget their encounter. Over the next year, Jude and Sle connect through emails, phone calls, letters, and the occasional visit. But no matter how passionate, every long-distance relationship comes to a crossroads, because you can't have a happily ever after when the one you love is a world apart... ';[Donoghue] explores with a light, sure touch the subject of desire across distances of various kinds: generational, cultural, even spiritual.' The New York Times Book Review ';[A] charming tale.' Kirkus Reviews
Landing features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Landing is available in Ebook
Landing was written by Donoghue, Emma and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
£19.99