Susan

Susan asked Emma Donoghue:

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Emma Donoghue SPOILER ALERT. Hm, I haven't heard about Irish uncle-niece marriages and that's certainly not allowed by the Catholic church. For first cousins you had to seek permission. And neither of those cases is like brother-sister full sibling bonds, which I feel pretty confident was absolutely taboo.

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Lynnie

Lynnie asked Emma Donoghue:

We have finally produced a radio play of Man and Boy, with your permission pre pandemic, as we were never able to do it in a live onstage version. I have adapted your story with excerpts from Matthew Scott’s autobiography. My husband Sean Sullivan has done the reading and the sound engineering. Needless to say, we hope we have your blessing and would be thrilled if you would give it a listen and allow us to send it?

ashes ➷

ashes ➷ asked Emma Donoghue:

I recently reread How Beautiful The Ordinary (five years after I first read it--it was the first LGBT book I ever read) and teared up at "Dear Lang". So poignant and beautiful. I know I'm ten years late on this one, but I need to know--in your mind, did Lang ever write back? What happened?

Sarah

Sarah asked Emma Donoghue:

on a book with a midwife delivering babies and have read Call of the Midwife—that was really helpful. Are there any books in particular you would recommend? Perhaps I should pick up your book next :-) I need another Donoghue book to get me by.

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