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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

The Mars Room

Rachel Kushner (author)

Paperback Published on: 07/03/2019

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Very insightful and brutally honest

One I read out of my comfort zone, it was brutal, raw and desperately sad at times. There is no sugar coating the realistic view of a woman serving life in... READ MORE

Emily at York

BRILLIANT!!!

This is an absolutely incredible book! I've never read anything by Rachel Kushner before, but now that I've experienced the beauty and brilliance of her wr... READ MORE

Helen at Scarborough

Loved it!

This book was absolutely fantastic! Kushner writes with lucid intelligence and insight about female incarceration and the American legal system through he... READ MORE

Bert at Basingstoke

Brutal, honest and raw

This is such a powerful book and I absolutely loved it. It tells the story of Romy Hall, a young mother beginning two consecutive life sentences for the mu... READ MORE

Laura at Harrogate

Provocative and honest

A story about choice, or a lack of choice. The main character Romy is trapped in two prisons: one as a lapdancer with financial woes and a child to take c... READ MORE

Toni Parkes

Stunning, stunning, STUNNING

Rachel Kushner has a way with words that makes you feel a million things all at one time. This book is an important and interesting look at morality, human... READ MORE

Rosy at Doncaster

Brilliantly written

This is the story of Romy Hall, a single mother serving at least 2 life sentences in prison for murder. Not even Romy knows the full story, but we do know ... READ MORE

Charlotte at Douglas

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018

From the author of internationally acclaimed The Flamethrowers - a fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration. Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker. Inside awaits a world where women must hustle and fight for the bare essentials. Outside: the San Francisco of her youth. The Mars Room strip club where she was once a dancer. Her seven-year-old son, Jackson.

As Romy forms friendships over liquor brewed in socks and stories shared through sewage pipes her future seems to unfurl in one long, unwavering line - until news from beyond the prison bars forces Romy to try and outrun her destin.

Publisher information

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099589969
Number of pages: 352
Dimensions: 198 x 131 x 24 mm
Weight: 248g
Languages: English

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The Mars Room

Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility is Romy Hall’s new home, convicted to life sentence. What brought the mother of a young boy to this institution? An... READ MORE

miss.mesmerized

Fascinating, empathetic

THE MARS ROOM is both a fascinating deep-dive into the US prison system (spoiler alert: it's awful), and a brilliantly empathetic character study, written ... READ MORE

maya kalev

A stunning debut

Romy Hall has been given 2 consecutive life sentences for the murder of her stalker. This novel follows her arrival at prison, and reveals the story of her... READ MORE

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