Miss Emily Paperback by Nuala O'connor

Product Details

• Publisher: Penguin Canada (2015-07-14)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 256 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780143192459
• Item Weight: 190.51 grams
• Dimensions: 7.74 x 5.0 x 0.7 cm

Longlisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Award

Emily Dickinson’s life is reimagined in her own voice and through eyes of a young Irish maid—an enchanting novel in the spirit of Longbourn and Mrs. Poe

Ada Concannon’s first day in America is a success. She’s the new maid for the respected but eccentric Dickinson family of Amherst, Massachusetts. Despite the differences in age and class, eighteen-year-old Ada, “a neat little Irish person, fresh off the boat,” strikes up a deep friendship with Miss Emily, the gifted elder daughter living a spinster’s life at home. Emily is a bastion of support as Ada struggles to find her place in this new world, while Ada’s toil gives Emily the freedom she needs to write.

But Emily’s passion for words begins to dominate her life. She decides to wear nothing but white and increasingly avoids the outside world. When Ada’s safety and reputation are threatened, however, Emily faces down her own demons in order to help her friend, with shocking consequences.

About the Author

NUALA O’CONNOR was born in Dublin in 1970 and lives in East Galway with her family. She holds a B.A. in Irish from Trinity College Dublin and a masters in translation studies (Irish/English) from Dublin City University. She is a short-story writer, and novelist and the recipient of many fiction awards, including RTÉ radio’s Francis MacManus Award, the Cúirt New Writing Prize, the Jane Geske Award (U.S.A.), the inaugural Jonathan Swift Award, and the Cecil Day Lewis Award.