Room: A Novel

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Synopsis
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough. . . not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work. Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, ROOM is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another. (Page numbers included)
Copyright:
2010

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
326 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780316098335
Publisher:
Little Brown & Company
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Emma Donaghue Ltd.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:
Liz Halperin
Proofread By:
Liz Halperin
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

Reviews

5 out of 5

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Best fiction I've read the past five years. The reviewers who call it compulsively readable are not kidding. In an interview (search YouTube) Ms Donaghue said she wanted to appeal to 11-year-olds and University professors. It succeeds. It has plenty of symbolism, irony and allegory for the pickiest of proffs, it is narrated in the unusual voice of a young child, yet it is an adult novel, readable on so many levels.