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Title: Hood by Emma Donoghue ISBN: 1-55583-453-1 Publisher: Alyson Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Dublin lesbian, Pen O'Grady, loses her lover of 13 years.
Comment: Pen's lover, Cara, never makes it home after a vacation in
Greece. Killed in a senseless traffic accident by a drunken
driver, Cara was only "faithful" to Pen within her idea of
the term. For the week following Cara's death, Pen reviews
her life with Cara since they met at school as teenagers and
became "s.o.g.s." -- sort-of-girlfriends.
In dealing with her grief and pain of recollection of Cara's affairs, Pen thinks about the many hoods we all wear. "Dykehood was definitely a baseball cap," she thinks to herself as she dons the hood of widow's weeds.
And Pen must also deal with Kate, Cara's sister, who returns from the U.S. after an absence of 14 years. Kate, with whom Pen was first infatuated when the 3 were in school together.
A beautifully wrought book. Warning: explicit lesbian sex.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beyond coming-out...
Comment: Absorbing and intense, this novel goes far beyond typical "coming-out" literature. Set in Dublin in the 80's, Hood follows the main character Pen (thirties, a teacher) through the week following her lover's death. Jealousy, intimacy, passion, shame and even humor: it's all here as we experience the grieving process with an invisible widow. Grief is not a quick phase and so the book may at times feel weighty and a little slow-moving. But stick with it -- and you won't have to make yourself do that for long -- for Emma Donoghue's delicate and deft prose will pull you back in. You may even find yourself as I did: coming back to read Hood again and again. In the end, this is a book about indentity and finding hope -- not in spite of, but through, one's pain.
Rating: 5
Summary: Uncommon
Comment: Whenever I encounter a novel with homosexual themes, I usually roll my eyes. You can predict what's going to happen most of the time: the two fall in love, they disagree about coming out/ one gets beat up/ they have to hide/ etc., they are pulled apart, then they come back together against all odds and love overcomes all.
All except death. This novel is great because, for the most part, this is not the plot. Cara's death has nothing to do with her sexuality, and besides having to explain her relation to Cara, Pen's grieving is the grieving of anyone who has lost someone close. This is not about lesbians (although they are the main characters); it's about love and grief and living through that grief, no matter what sexual orientation you are.
I definitely reccomend it.
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Title: Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue ISBN: 0064407721 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: Stir-Fry: A Novel by Emma Donoghue ISBN: 006017109X Publisher: Harpercollins Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture 1668-1801 by Emma Donoghue ISBN: 0060926805 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Poems Between Women by Emma Donoghue ISBN: 0231109253 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Touchwood by Karin Kallmaker ISBN: 1931513376 Publisher: Bella Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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