Room is an award-winning and best-selling novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donaghue. The narrative tells the story of Jack, a 5-year-old boy who has lived his entire life as a captive with his mother. Jack's mom was taken captive when she was 19, and has spent the past 7 years in a shed, measuring 11 feet by 11 feet, in the back yard of her captor. Together, Jack and his mom manage to escape and each struggles with their new lives Outside that Room.
Emma Donoghue is one of the most prolific young Irish writers to emerge since the 1970s. While Donoghue may be best known for her treatment of lesbian themes in her writing, her work is also intrinsic...
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