A room called earth / Madeleine Ryan.
"As a full moon rises over Melbourne, Australia, a young woman gets ready for a party. She is autistic, yet within her mind, she is whoever she wants to be. What appears to an ordinary night out is--through the prism of her singular perspective--extraordinary. As the evening unfolds, each encounter 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 the possibility of intimacy and 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" -- From publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780143135456
- ISBN: 0143135457
- Physical Description: 289 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2020.
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Subject: | Autistic people > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Individuality > Fiction. Young women > Fiction. Melbourne (Vic.) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
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A Room Called Earth : A Novel
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A Room Called Earth : A Novel
"[N]uanced and uplifting." -- Buzzfeed "[V]ibrant and revealing. Ryan succeeds in capturing neurodiversity on the page." -- Publishers Weekly One of Bustle's Best Books of 2020! 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.