Born in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an Irish writer who lives in Canada. Her fiction includes includes the bestselling Slammerkin.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010
Born in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an Irish writer who lives in Canada. Her fiction includes Kissing the Witch, The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, and the bestselling Slammerkin.
Emma Donoghue's writing is superb alchemy, changing innocence into
horror and horror into tenderness. 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*
Room is one of the most profoundly affecting books I've read in a
long time. Jack moved me greatly. His voice, his story, his
innocence, his love for Ma combine to create something very unusual
and, I think, something very important . . . Room deserves to reach
the widest possible audience
*John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas*
I've never read a more heart-burstingly, gut wrenchingly
compassionate novel . . . As for sweet, bright, funny Jack, I
wanted to scoop him up out of the novel and never let him go
*Daily Mail*
This is a truly remarkable novel. It presents an utterly unique way
to talk about love, all the while giving us a fresh, expansive eye
on the world in which we live
*New York Times Book Review*
Startlingly original and moving . . . Endearing and as utterly
compelling as The Lovely Bones
*Scotsman*
This book will break your heart . . . It is the most vivid, radiant
and beautiful expression of maternal love I have ever read
*Irish Times*
I loved Room. Such incredible imagination, and dazzling use of
language. And with all this, an entirely credible, endearing little
boy. It's unlike anything I've ever read before
*Anita Shreve*
Room is home to young Jack, a prison to his mother, and power to Old Nick. Jack's world explodes when his mother sends him on a mission that will change the lives of all three. VERDICT This original and unforgettable novel, with contemporary and timeless themes, is even more affecting for being told from the point of view of a child. [LJ 8/10; LJ Best Book of 2010] (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Emma Donoghue's writing is superb alchemy, changing innocence into
horror and horror into tenderness. 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
Room is one of the most profoundly affecting books I've read
in a long time. Jack moved me greatly. His voice, his story, his
innocence, his love for Ma combine to create something very unusual
and, I think, something very important . . . Room deserves
to reach the widest possible audience -- John Boyne, author of
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
I've never read a more heart-burstingly, gut wrenchingly
compassionate novel . . . As for sweet, bright, funny Jack, I
wanted to scoop him up out of the novel and never let him go *
Daily Mail *
This is a truly remarkable novel. It presents an utterly unique way
to talk about love, all the while giving us a fresh, expansive eye
on the world in which we live * New York Times Book Review *
Startlingly original and moving . . . Endearing and as utterly
compelling as The Lovely Bones * Scotsman *
This book will break your heart . . . It is the most vivid, radiant
and beautiful expression of maternal love I have ever read * Irish
Times *
I loved Room. Such incredible imagination, and dazzling use
of language. And with all this, an entirely credible, endearing
little boy. It's unlike anything I've ever read before -- Anita
Shreve
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