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Room by Emma Donoghue


Author - Emma Donoghue 
Published -6 Aug, 2010
Length -336 pages  
Publisher - Little, Brown and company

Summary :
The story is told by the five-year-old boy Jack. Who lives in a small room along with his mother Ma. The room contains a small kitchen, a bathroom, a wardrobe, a bed and a tv set. Thought Jack has always been in this room so he believes that only himself and Ma are "real". Ma doesn't want to disappoint Jack, allows him to believe that the rest of the world exists only on tv. Ma tries to keep Jack healthy and happy. Jack only know another person Old Nick, who visit room at night while Jack sleeps hidden in a wardrobe. Old Nick brings them food and essentials. Jack didn't know the real story. Old Nick kidnapped Ma when she was 19 years old and kept in this room from the last 7 years. Old Nick regularly raped Ma, as she got pregnant and Jack was born. A week after Jack's Birthday, Ma made a plan to get Jack out of the room by telling Old Nick that Jack us deathly ill. And then the real story begins.

My thoughts :

"Room" is such a move blowing book as Emma Donoghue has described every twist in the plots so fabulous. Ma who was suffering from the last seven years has waited for her son to be five years old to come out of the misery. This book was made into a movie io n 2015. Which is also worth watching. It is a psychological fiction novel. I really felt attached to this book. This book will take you to another level of experience. So great!!!
Worth trying it out...
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