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A room called earth / Madeleine Ryan.
This debut novel from autistic writer and advocate for neurodiversity, Madeleine Ryan, is a story of a fiercely original young woman whose radical self-acceptance illuminates a new way of being in the world and opens up a whole new realm of understanding and connection. As a full moon rises over Melbourne, Australia, a young autistic woman gets ready for a party. As the events of the night unfold, she moves from person to person, weaving a web around the magical, the mundane, and the tragic.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780143135456 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 289 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Subject: | Autistic people > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Parties > Fiction. Melbourne (Vic.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Ryan | 31681010205367 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Attending a party under the full moon in Melbourne, a young woman on the autism spectrum makes magical, extraordinary connections with the people she encounters, including a man with whom she pursues a rare intimate encounter. Original. A first novel. - Baker & Taylor
Attending a party under the full moon in Melbourne, a young woman on the autism spectrum makes magical, extraordinary connections with the people she encounters, including a man with whom she pursues a rare intimate encounter. - Penguin Putnam
One of Bustle's Best Books of 2020!Â
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. - Penguin Putnam
â[N]uanced and uplifting.â âBuzzfeed
â[V]ibrant and revealing. Ryan succeeds in capturing neurodiversity on the page.â âPublishers Weekly
One of Bustle's Best Books of 2020!Â
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 isâthrough the prism of her singular perspectiveâextraordinary. 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.
