The Mars Room Av Rachel Kushner

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE<br>THE <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER</b><br><br><b>A fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration, from the author of the internationally acclaimed <i>The Flamethrowers</i>.</b><br><br><b>‘Astounding… this year’s must-read’ </b>ANNE ENRIGHT<br><br>Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker.<br><br>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.<br><br>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 destiny.<br><br><b>* Pre-order Rachel Kushner’s new novel, <i>Creation Lake</i>, now *</b><br><br><b>‘Breathtaking’ </b><i>VOGUE</i><br><br><b>‘One of our most outstanding modern writers’ </b><i>STYLIST</i><br><br><b>‘Gritty, empathetic, finely rendered’ </b>MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)</p>