A Room Away from the Wolves

Name: A Room Away from the Wolves
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Nova Ren Suma
ISBN: 9781980011422

Author: Nova Ren Suma

Narrator: Sandy Rustin

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/04/2018

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Ghost Stories, Magical Realism, Horror

Synopsis

Bina has never forgotten the time she and her mother ran away from home. Her mother promised they would hitchhike to the city to escape Bina's cruel father and start over. But before they could even leave town, Bina had a new stepfather and two new stepsisters, and a humming sense of betrayal pulling apart the bond with her mother-a bond Bina thought was unbreakable. Eight years later, after too many lies and with trouble on her heels, Bina finds herself on the side of the road again, the city of her dreams calling for her. She has an old suitcase, a fresh black eye, and a room waiting for her at Catherine House, a young women's residence in Greenwich Village with a tragic history, a vow of confidentiality, and dark, magical secrets. There, Bina is drawn to her enigmatic downstairs neighbor Monet, a girl who is equal parts intriguing and dangerous. As Bina's lease begins to run out, and nightmare and memory get tangled, she will be forced to face the terrible truth of why she's come to Catherine House and what it will take for her to leave . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May

2 1/2 stars. I tried so very hard to love this book, but I really struggled with it. Nova Ren Suma's writing and stories are always somewhere between gorgeous and completely what-the-actual-fuck bonkers. Despite its weirdness, I really enjoyed The Walls Around Us, but I confess that was the first of......more

Goodreads review by jv

There's something surreal about Ms. Suma's writing. While I'm reading, fully immersed, I follow along just fine. With the book closed, set aside, snippets from the story still sneak into my mind and simmer. And at the end, it all makes sense--in a very broad, inexplicable kind of way. I am affected......more

Goodreads review by Cortney -

I'm not totally sure what I just read? I think the author is a beautiful writer, but this book confused the hell out of me. It started out really strong, but once Bina got to Catherine House, it just went downhill for me. I think the author was trying to build the mystery, but it really just confused......more

Goodreads review by Eilonwy

Before Sabina was born, her mother spent a summer at Catherine House, a boarding house for young women in NYC. So when Sabina’s mom tells her to leave the home they share with Sabina’s stepfather and stepsisters, there’s only one place she can imagine going. When she gets there, she finds that it......more