Room is the world in which five year old Jack lives with Ma. The only key belongs to Old Nick. There're a few books and a TV but Jack knows everything outside Room is just make-believe until one day Ma begins to talk of escape . . . Told in Jack's voice, his innocence and the love he and Ma share shine through, turning what could have been an unbearable story into something moving and uplifting.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 60 Spring 2011 ) |
