ROOM By Emma Donoghue [Review]

| Feb 28 | 0 Comments

room by emma donoghue book cover

I had known about Emma Donoghue’s novel ROOM for quite some time, but I resisted reading it because the premise—a woman (Ma) has been imprisoned in a small windowless room for seven years since she was abducted at nineteen, and she now shares her prison with her five-year old son Jack—sounded too much like an especially disturbing episode of ‘Criminal Minds.’ Then a friend bought [...]

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ROOM by Emma Donoghue Book Trailer

| Aug 31 | 2 Comments

Room by Emma Donoghue

The ripped-from-the-headlines premise of Emma Donoghue’s Room probably reminds you of recent kidnapping cases like Elizabeth Fritzl and Jaycee Dugard. It’s about a woman and her child who are held captive in a small room, and it’s actually the five-year-old boy who narrates the novel. The book has received a ton of advance praise and has been longlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize. Check [...]

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