OPEN A BOOK,OPEN THE WORLD
𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮 by Emma Donoghue
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【家，就是有媽在的地方】
對五歲的傑克來說，這個房間就是他的全世界。從出生開始，他就和媽在這個房間裡吃飯、入睡、學習、閱讀以及玩樂。當老尼克在晚上來訪時，媽會把他安全地關在衣櫃裡。
對傑克來說，這個房間就是他的家，但對媽而言，這卻是老尼克囚禁她七年的牢房。身為母親的決心、機智及強大的母愛讓媽在這個狹小的房間裡為傑克創造了生活。然而，她知道，不管對她或傑克來說，這都是不夠的。因此，她策劃了一個大膽的脫逃計畫，但這計畫仰賴著傑克的勇氣及大量的好運。不過...她沒料到的是，自己對於真正執行這個計畫及脫逃後如何生活竟是多麼地準備不足。
本書是由傑克充滿活力的童言童語第一人稱口吻敘述。相較於強調被囚禁的恐懼或脫逃的驚險，本書更透過傑克的視角來著重描寫母子的親情以及歌頌生命的韌性。
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.
Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.
