Room, Emma Donoghue
Room, Emma Donoghue
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Room
A Novel

Bestseller

Author: Emma Donoghue

Narrator: Suzanne Toren, Ellen Archer, Michal Friedman, Robert Petkoff

Unabridged: 10 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2010

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The award-winning bestseller that became one of the most talked about and memorable novels of the decade, Room is "utterly gripping...a heart-stopping novel" (San Francisco Chronicle).   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.

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.

About Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue is the author of sixteen novels, including the award-winning national bestseller Room, the basis for the acclaimed film of the same name. Her latest novel is The Paris Express. She has also written the screenplays for Room and The Wonder and nine stage plays. Born in Dublin, she lives in Ontario with her family. Find out more at EmmaDonoghue.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jesse (JesseTheReader) on August 12, 2015

Such a gripping and emotional read! I'm glad I finally took the chance to pick this up and read it.......more

Goodreads review by mark on August 09, 2016

Jesus Christ on a popsicle stick, i can't believe i have to read this! argh. my colleague Michael (hopefully not a GR member) loaned this to me; clearly he knows that i am a "reader". but just as clearly he does not get that i like my books to have at least an edge of un-reality to them. you know, f......more

Goodreads review by Will on October 24, 2023

What makes up the world to five-year-old Jack, our window into life in Room? His mother for sure, a loving, very engaged 24/7 presence. Old Nick is an occasional visitor, although only glimpsed through the almost-closed doors of a wardrobe. A skylight allows Jack and Ma to see the sun, and sometimes......more

Goodreads review by Tulpesh on September 30, 2010

Based on, or ‘inspired by’ shocking cases like that of Josef Fritzl, Room is the story of a boy, Jack, born and raised with his captive mother in a 12 foot square room. Narrated by the boy himself, it’s a child’s eye view of a small world housing a great deal of imagination, pain and love. Packed wi......more

Goodreads review by Baba on October 26, 2022

Jack is about to celebrate his fifth birthday in a Room with his Ma. They have been in this Room every second of Jack's life so far. This is just the beginning of their story, Jack's fifth birthday. This Man Booker prize shortlisted novel is a masterpiece as it ultimately portrays the power of matern......more