The release date for the English version of 'Room' by
Emma Donoghue is Sep 2010. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
For Jack, who is five years old, Room is everything.
Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience—and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible.
For Jack, five years old, Room is the world. It's where he was raised and where he still lives with his mother, where they learn, read, eat, sleep, and play. His mother locks him securely in the closet at night, where he is supposed to sleep when Old Nick comes around.
Jack calls Room home, but Ma sees it as the jail where Old Nick has been imprisoning her for the last seven years. Ma has given Jack a life through perseverance, creativity, and intense maternal love. However, she is aware that it is insufficient for both of them. She comes up with a daring escape plan that depends a lot on luck and the courage of her little kid. She is unaware of how unprepared she is for the plan to really succeed.
Room, a masterfully written story about what it means to go to a new country, is a celebration of perseverance and the unbreakable relationship between parent and kid, told completely in the voice of the gregarious, realistic five-year-old Jack.