A Room Called Earth: A Novel
"A resolute deep dive into an inner self, a transcendent character study, and a timely reminder that there's an entire universe inside of everyone we meet. You will be moved." --Matthew Quick, New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook "[N]uanced and uplifting." --Buzzfeed An unforgettable story of a fiercely original young woman, whose radical perspective illuminates a new way of being in the world As a full moon rises over Melbourne, Australia, a young woman gets ready for a party. And what appears to be an ordinary night out is--through the prism of her singular perspective--extraordinary. As the evening unfolds, each encounter she has reveals the vast discrepancies between what she is thinking and feeling, and what she is able to say. And there's so much she'd like to say. So when she meets a man and a genuine connection occurs, it's nothing short of a miracle. However, it isn't until she invites him home that we come to appreciate the humanity beneath the labels we cling to, and we can grasp the pleasure of what it means to be alive. The debut novel from the inimitable Madeleine Ryan, A Room Called Earth is a humorous and heartwarming adventure inside the mind of a bright and dynamic woman. This hyper-saturated celebration of love and acceptance, from a neurodiverse writer, is a testament to moving through life without fear, and to opening ourselves up to a new way of relating to one another.
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This book was like a breath of fresh air: something unusual from the typical. It showed her thought process broken down in detail, she stands up for herself, she is smart and she feels deeply. I liked that she was awkward with conversations or the way she represented herself was subtle yet strong. And the end was something I didn't expect but I think it was an ending fitting for the person she is. A fav takeaway: "“we’re like mountains and that our day-to-day awareness is the front of who we are, where the sun shines, and everything we’re afraid of is the back, in shadow, out of our awareness.”
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