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Room

By Emma Donoghue
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By Emma Donoghue
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Told through the eyes of a five-year-old boy held in captivity with his mother, Emma Donoghue’s Room is a story of survival, resilience and the fierce bond of a mother and child.

An emotionally intense novel about a mother and her precocious five-year-old son who are held captive in a small shed, and their unbreakable bond and determination to escape.

"utterly gripping...a heart-stopping novel" —San Francisco Chronicle

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, bu...

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