Room : A Novel (CD-Audio)

from beserene

'Room' is a novel that is not for everyone. I know that could be said about most novels, or most anything, for that matter, but here is the key difference: this novel is extraordinary. It looks at a horrific situation and makes the moments within that situation celebratory. It looks at motherhood...

from tapestry100

For five year old Jack, there has never been anything other than Room and Ma. He was born in Room, he's lived his entire life in Room, he has never left Room. Ever. It is his home. However, for Ma, it has been a prison for the last seven years, a place where she has been held captive by Old Nick....

from kidzdoc

In Room I was safe and Outside is the scary. Jack has just turned five years old. He lives with his mother in Room, a cozy space isolated from Outside. He is happy, as he knows no other life outside of Room. He was born on Rug, reads books and plays with toys that are brought by Old Nick, the onl...

from tututhefirst

It is easy to see why this was such a talked about book in 2010 and why it was on the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize.  The writing is exceptional, the story compelling, and the characters so well portrayed that the reader feels they are living the story with them.  The story is told entirely ...

from DeltaQueen50

Seeing life through the eyes of a five year old boy is fascinating, but when that little boy has been contained in a single room his whole life with only his mother for company, well, that perspective is singularly unique, disconcerting, at times terrifying and at others darkly humorous. Room by ...