![]() Donoghue finished writing ROOM prior to the August 2009 discovery that Jaycee Lee Dugard, who had been kidnapped 18 years ago, had been held captive and sexually assaulted by Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy Garrido in a tent behind their California home. He physically and sexually assaulted her which resulted in seven children and one miscarriage. ![]() For 24 years Elizabeth Fritzl’s father held her prisoner in a secret part of the family home’s basement. It was nothing like I thought it would be.ĭonoghue’s inspiration for the book was the Elizabeth Fritzl case in Austria that broke in April 2008. To be honest, I thought the premise of the book sounded a bit hokey and sensationalistic if not opportunistic. I knew the book was long-listed and then short-listed for the prestigious Booker Prize, which I think is fabulous, but being up for or winning an award is not enough to propel me to read a particular book. She’s warm, funny, and completely unpretentious. ![]() But earlier this week Emma Donoghue came to the bookstore where I work and I ended up coming home with a signed copy of ROOM. I generally don’t read books about children or animals. Prior to Wednesday, I had no plans to read it. ![]() ROOM is a novel that I would not normally have picked up. Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. ![]() Published in the US by Little Brown, Sep. ![]()
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