[Fredslist] Next Gotham Book Club Selection: "ROOM"

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I just finished it and I will never forget it. See below. 
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From: Julie Klein
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Subject: [Fredslist] Next Gotham Book Club Selection: "ROOM"
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On March 24th, Emma Donoghue, author of "ROOM" will join us at noon to discuss her latest novel.   Here is an excerpt from Ms. Donoghue's website - summarizing ROOM: "To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world.... It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn.  There are endless wonders that let loose Jack's imagination-the snake under Bed that he constructs out of eggshells, the imaginary world projected through the TV, the coziness of Wardrobe beneath Ma's clothes, where she tucks him in safely at night, in case Old Nick comes. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it's the prison where she's been held since she was nineteen-for seven long years.  Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in that eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But Jack's curiosity is building alongside her own desperation—and she knows that Room cannot contain either indefinitely.... 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 more information about ROOM and Emma Donoghue, take a look at these terrific websites: http://www.roomthebook.com/ http://www.emmadonoghue.com/room.htm Please join us on March 24th! Thanks. Julie Klein _______________________________________________ Fredslist mailing list Fredslist at gothamnetworking.com 
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