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\"Coverby Emma Donoghue
\nCanada. 2010. 352 pages.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, ROOM<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n

About the author<\/h3>\n

\"emmaEmma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-born playwright, literary historian, and novelist now living in Canada. Her 2010 novel Room<\/em> was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and an international bestseller. Donoghue’s 1995 novel Hood<\/em> won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. Her most recent collection of short stories, Touchy Subjects<\/em>, was published in 2006. (Text credit: Wikipedia<\/a>; image credit: author’s website<\/a>)
\nBuy now via your local English bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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