entertaining journey into what Jude calls the intersection of love and geography. Donoghue handles the complexities of the womens relationship with ease. 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? Review Quotes Explores with a light, sure touch the subject of desire across distances of various kinds: generational, cultural, even spiritual. In the course of the next year, their lives, and those of their friends and families, will be drawn into a new, shaky orbit. On her first plane trip, Judes and Sles worlds touch and snag at Heathrow Airport. Jude is a twenty-five-year-old archivist, stubbornly attached to the tiny town of Ireland, Ontario, in which she was born and raised. Sle is a stylish citizen of the new Dublin, a veteran flight attendant whos traveled the world. London Free Press A 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. Donoghues smart, sexy, wryly observed novel succeeds in catching the tenor of the times.
Like much of the talented writers fiction, the book is clever, well populated with eccentric characters and full of surprises. Book Synopsis Donoghues sprightly novel is a comedy of manners, a romantic romp with a teasing twist. " explores with a light, sure touch the subject of desire across distances of various kinds: generational, cultural, even spiritual.About the Book A delightful, old-fashioned love story with a uniquely 21st century twist, here is a romantic comedy that explores the pleasures and sorrows of long-distance relationships. " 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
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. Over the next year, Jude and Síle connect through emails, phone calls, letters, and the occasional visit. When Jude meets Síle on her first transatlantic plane trip, the spark between them is instant.Īfter a coffee shared at Heathrow Airport, both women return to their lives-but neither can forget their encounter. Jude is a twenty-five-year-old archivist, stubbornly attached to Ireland, Ontario, the tiny town in which she was born and raised. Síle is a stylish citizen of the new Dublin, a veteran flight attendant who's traveled the world. entertaining journey," Landing explores the pleasures and sorrows of long-distance love in the digital age ( The New York Times Book Review).
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