[Fredslist] Gotham Book Club Discusses "ROOM"

[Judy Heft]

I highly recommend this book. I read it in a day and a half! Well written
and an interesting point of view! Makes you think about all we take for
granted. 

 

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Judy

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[mailto:fredslist-bounces at gothamnetworking.com] On Behalf Of Julie Klein
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 10:25 AM
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Subject: [Fredslist] Gotham Book Club Discusses "ROOM"

 

Join us on March 24th at 12 noon to discuss the captivating, haunting,
unforgettable book - "ROOM" with author Emma Donoghue.  The ONLINE
discussion will take place on our Book Club website at:

 

http://www.gothamnetworking.com/goth/index.php/books/

 

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.roomthebook.com/> http://www.emmadonoghue.com/room.htm 

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