Today's read

Room by Emma Donoghue
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

OMG!  This was such a stunning book to read!  It happens in real life that mothers and children are imprisoned for years and some - think Jacey Dugard - have written memoirs about their experiences.  ROOM is fiction, the story is narrated by a small boy in small boy language and imagery.  It was, in fact, the little boy speak that made it a tad difficult to get started, but that was only for a chapter or so.  Then I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.  This is a story that reads true because of the author's attention to the smallest details and her understanding for how trauma impacts the victim.  It was definitely one of the top five books I read in 2011.


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