Room

Good news - I am not going to talk about my book. I am, however, going to mention a book that I am kind of obsessed with - Room. Have you read it? I can't get my book group interested, because they are put off by the premise: the narrator, a 5-year-old boy named Jack, has lived his entire life in one room, with his "Ma." Eventually it becomes clear that he and his mother are being held captive.

I'll tell you no more, because I don't want to spoil it. But I found the book amazing on multiple levels - the imagination of the author to use this perspective to reveal her story, the gripping drama, the insights into what the world might look like to such a boy, and more. I read it once quickly, because I couldn't put it down, and then had to re-read it slowly so I could get every nuance. I am still thinking about it. 

Check this book out. Oh no. I just realized it is a mother-son story. But much more than that.