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Room,  Emma Donoghue's 7th novel, is about 5-year-old Jack whose life - and world - is contained in the one small room he lives in with mother.

Jack lives in the room;  he eats there, sleeps there, plays there;  he was even born…

Irish writer Anne Enright's novel,The Gathering, was awarded the Man Booker prize in 2007.  The novel centers on Veronica, a 39-year-old Irish woman who narrates the…

Everyone wants to find happiness, and Eric Weiner is no exception.  In his non-fiction / travel book, The Geography of Bliss, Eric, a self-proclaimed miserable grump, and former National Public Radio correspondent, tries to find happiness by looking for the happiest places on…