Room, by Emma Donoghue - A Book Review

*Indigo Exclusive* -- The book trailer for ROOM, by Emma Donoghue, courtesy of HarperCollins Canada. To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It's where he was born and where he and his Ma eat and play and learn. At night, Ma puts him safely to sleep in the wardrobe, in case Old Nick comes. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it's the prison where Old Nick has kept her for seven years, since she was nineteen. Through ingenuity and determination, Ma has created a life for herself and her son, but she knows it's not enough for either of them. Jack's curiosity is building alongside Ma's desperation -- and Room can't contain either of them for much longer... buy the book: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Room-Emma-Donoghue/9781554688319-item.html

Jack and Ma live in a locked room that measures eleven foot by eleven. When he turns five, he starts to ask questions, and his mother reveals to him that there is a world outside. Told entirely in Jacks voice, ROOM is no horror story or tearjerker, but a celebration of resilience and the love between parent and child. ROOM will come out on August 20 in the UK/Ireland/Aus/NZ from Picador, September 11 in Canada from HarperCollins Canada and September 13 in the U.S. from Little, Brown. It will be available in hardback, e-book and audiobook. Audrey Niffenegger (author of THE TIME-TRAVELLERS WIFE) says: ROOM is a book to read in one sitting. When its over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days. Anita Shreve adds: I loved ROOM. Such incredible imagination, and dazzling use of language. And with all this, an entirely credible, endearing little boy. It's unlike anything I've ever read before.