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Room

By Emma Donoghue

Shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange prizesNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE&quot;This is a truly remarkable novel.&quot; New York Times Book ReviewIt&#39;s Jack&#39;s birthday, and he&#39;s excited about turning five. Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV, and the cartoon characters he calls friends, but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real - only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits that there&#39;s a world outside . . . Told in Jack&#39;s voice, Room is the story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. Unsentimental and sometimes funny, devastating yet uplifting, Room is a novel like no other. PRAISE FOR ROOM&quot;I&#39;ve never read a more heart-burstingly, gut wrenchingly compassionate novel . . . As for sweet, bright, funny Jack, I wanted to scoop him up out of the novel and never let him go&quot; Daily Mail&quot;Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it&#39;s over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days&quot; Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller&#39;s Wife&quot;Room is one of the most profoundly affecting books I&#39;ve read in a long time . . .&quot; John Boyne

Shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange prizesNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE"This is a truly remarkable novel." New York Times Book ReviewIt's Jack's birthday, and he's excited about turning five. Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures

By Emma Donoghue

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