Today I am joined by Layna to discuss our thoughts and feelings on the book Haven by Emma Donoghue. This one was a bit out of our comfort zone, but we tackled it so we would be able to share our thoughts with you!

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Haven https://bookshop.org/p/books/haven-emma-donoghue/17824241

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More Resources

Excerpt from the beginning of Haven: https://www.cbc.ca/books/emma-donoghue-s-historical-fiction-book-haven-imagines-ireland-around-the-year-600-read-an-excerpt-now-1.6517709

Interview by Ari Shapiro on NPR's All Things Considered,  https://www.npr.org/2022/08/24/1119308599/the-book-haven-is-a-monastic-retreat-to-an-island-inhabited-only-by-men-and-bird

Kim Honey, 'How a 21st-century Feminist Inhabits the Minds and Lives of Sixth-Century Monks in Haven,' https://www.everythingzoomer.com/zed-book-club/2022/09/28/how-a-21st-century-feminist-inhabits-the-minds-and-lives-of-sixth-century-monks-in-haven/

Margaret Skea, Interview/Feature, 'A Deceptively Simple Story: Confinement, Family and the Environment in Emma Donoghue’s Haven,' https://historicalnovelsociety.org/a-deceptively-simple-story-confinement-family-and-the-environment-in-emma-donoghues-haven/