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Room
by Emma Donoghue

Published: 2011-05-18
Paperback : 352 pages
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Held captive for years in a small shed, a woman and her precocious young son finally gain their freedom, and the boy experiences the outside world for the first time.
Inspiration for the MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson

To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the ...
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Held captive for years in a small shed, a woman and her precocious young son finally gain their freedom, and the boy experiences the outside world for the first time.

Inspiration for the MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson

To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. 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's the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in this eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But with Jack's curiosity building alongside her own desperation, she knows that Room cannot contain either much longer.

Room is a tale at once shocking, riveting, exhilarating--a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child.

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by Amanda B. (see profile) 08/20/24

 
by Havanah F. (see profile) 02/07/22

It had a promising story line and there was a good amount of suspense at first, but it definitely could have been shorter than 320 pages and still gotten the point across! It seemed very dragging at times.... (read more)

 
by Megan H. (see profile) 02/06/22

Good book. Hard to read because written from child’s perspective but gave great insight into their situation. The book is written well.

 
by Destiny M. (see profile) 02/06/22

Interesting read! Harder to get into, however it was very thought provoking. Overall a decent read!

 
by Jessica B. (see profile) 01/30/22

It was interesting, not really what I was expecting. Felt like the last half of the book was drawn out, but a good read overall. Lots of good questions and discussion from the book.

 
by Nicole M. (see profile) 12/29/21

 
by Elaine S. (see profile) 11/08/21

It was a very unique perspective on life to think about this boy spending us entire life in a room. His normal was defined by all he knew. His mother kept his world as simple as possible for as long as... (read more)

 
by bridget c. (see profile) 01/06/21

 
by Tyler L. (see profile) 12/13/20

 
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