The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Filmed as a major motion picture, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
A major film starring Brie Larson
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize
Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don't have the key.
Jack and Ma are prisoners.
Room by Emma Donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation, and the desire for, and price of, freedom.
Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days. Audrey Niffenegger
Donoghue, Emma
Born in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an Irish writer who spent eight years in England before moving to Canada. Her fiction includes Slammerkin, Life Mask and Touchy Subjects. Her 2010 novel, Room, was an internationally award-winning bestseller and was shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes. Emma's screenplay for Room's multi-award-winning film adaptation has earned her an Oscar nomination.
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Born in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an Irish writer who spent eight years in England before moving to Canada. Her fiction includes Slammerkin, Life Mask, Touchy Subjects and the international bestseller Room (shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes).
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE
'Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days' Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife
Jack is five.
He lives in a single, locked room with his Ma.
'Startlingly original and moving . . . as utterly compelling as The Lovely Bones' Scotsman
'A triumph' Daily Telegraph
'Heart-burstingly, gut-wrenchingly compassionate' Daily Mail
'This book will break your heart' Irish Times
'Affecting and uplifting' Evening Standard
'Absorbing, truthful and beautiful' Observer
The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Filmed as a major motion picture, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
