Book Lovers Make 'Room' for Latest Selection

Readers will have the opportunity to discuss “Room” by Emma Donaghue, a novel about a mother and her five-year-old son Jack, who has been confined in an eleven-by-eleven-foot room since birth, during a book discussion hosted by the Friends of the .

President of the Friends of the Grafton Library Gail Poler thought “Room” would be interesting to discuss after the novel, published last September, was featured on the New York Times Best Seller list.

“It’s a fascinating, well-written novel,” she says.  “It’s a sensitively done story about survival with humor and a good ending.” 

Helen Whall, an English professor at the College of the Holy Cross and a regular lecturer at libraries across the state, will lead the discussion of “Room.'' Whall has a Ph.D in literature at Yale University and specializes in contemporary literature.

For the past four years, The Friends of the Grafton Library has hosted a community-wide book discussion. More than 30 people participated last year.

Anyone interested in attending can sign up at the library or call Gail Poler at 508-839-4649. Copies of “Room” and audio CD are available at the library on a seven-day loan.

The book discussion will take place Tuesday, March 29 from 7 to 9 p.m.  at the , 37 Wheeler Road.  Light refreshments and music by Apple Tree Arts will be provided.

For more information about “Room”, visit http://www.roomthebook.com