A Room Called Earth

Madeleine Ryan

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Scribe Publications
02 March 2021

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

A brilliant debut from a neurodiverse author that explores a young woman's magical, sensitive, and passionate inner world.

A young woman gets ready to go to a party. She arrives, feels overwhelmed, leaves, and then returns. Minutely attuned to the people who come into her view, and alternating between alienation and profound connection, she is hilarious, self-aware, sometimes acerbic, and painfully honest.

And by the end of the night, she's shown us something radical about love, loss, and the need to belong.

'A daring, prismatic novel about seeing and being seen, and the hunger for universal connection. Madeleine Ryan's clarity of vision imbues the ordinary - a party, strangers, inner-city streets - with cosmic significance. I came out of A Room Called Earth with fresh eyes and a full heart.' -Laura Elizabeth Woollett, author of Beautiful Revolutionary

'In this precious gemstone of a novel, Ryan communicates a lush, raw, addictive truth with her prosaic yet theatrical prose, her protagonist witnessing the world in a way that had me pausing for long deep breaths after most chapters. The world of this book is the world of a woman who knows herself because she has needed to, and a woman who many might recognise, despite her oneness. Reading Ryan is to be taught and to be refreshed, and I will return to her pages in the future, to remind me of the beauty there is in my own room called earth.' -Laura McPhee-Browne, author of Cherry Beach

' M uch of the novel's appeal comes from its illustration and examination of the narrator's blunt perspective on life and specifically social interaction ... Ryan's ability to convey her narrator's unique perspective makes it a worthwhile read.' -Kirkus Reviews

By: Madeleine Ryan
Imprint: Scribe Publications
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 149mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 338g
ISBN: 9781925849776
ISBN 10: 1925849775
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 02 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Madeleine Ryan is an Australian writer, director, and actor. She's been widely published in Australia and overseas, including in Lenny Letter, Bustle, The Age, and The Sydney Morning Herald. She currently lives in rural Victoria. A Room Called Earth is her first novel.

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A Room Called Earth

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