Room 706 by Ellie Levenson
There's nothing more relaxing to Kate than stealing away with her lover at a luxury hotel . . . until she encounters the biggest plot twist of her life.
- Sale Date
- ISBN
- 9781638932321
- Page Count
- 320
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 6¼ x 9¼
- Imprint
- SJP Lit
Meet the Author
Ellie Levenson
A married woman is trapped with her lover in a hotel under siege: If she knew it would end this way, would it ever have begun?
Kate’s children and her husband are her whole world. Since marrying young, she’s dedicated her life to making her little family grow. But in the last few years, she’s carved out something just for herself: hours stolen away with another man. After one midday tryst with her lover, Kate’s double life is thrown into chaos when she turns on the TV to find their hotel has been overtaken by an unnamed, dangerous group. As Kate’s life hangs in the balance, she is faced with “a gripping exploration of the murky grey areas of marriage, relationships, and womanhood” (Hazel Hayes).
Room 706 is a “tense exploration of desire” (Alina Grabowski). Raw, unsettling, and deeply human, it compels you to ask: Would I feel guilt, regret . . . or relief?
“Poignant, immersive, and utterly human, I adored this brilliant novel.”
—Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit
Kate’s children and her husband are her whole world. Since marrying young, she’s dedicated her life to making her little family grow. But in the last few years, she’s carved out something just for herself: hours stolen away with another man. After one midday tryst with her lover, Kate’s double life is thrown into chaos when she turns on the TV to find their hotel has been overtaken by an unnamed, dangerous group. As Kate’s life hangs in the balance, she is faced with “a gripping exploration of the murky grey areas of marriage, relationships, and womanhood” (Hazel Hayes).
Room 706 is a “tense exploration of desire” (Alina Grabowski). Raw, unsettling, and deeply human, it compels you to ask: Would I feel guilt, regret . . . or relief?
“Poignant, immersive, and utterly human, I adored this brilliant novel.”
—Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit
Delighted to share that our first @sjplit novel of the year is out.
Room 706 by @ellie_levenson provokes questions that will have women nodding vigorously - what are the costs of being a good wife and mother, and what does it mean to make space for oneself?
Praise for Room 706
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“Room 706 is an accomplished debut about choices and their often complex consequences. Unexpected, unflinching and entirely unputdownable, this is a gripping exploration of the murky grey areas of marriage, relationships and womanhood. You may not like Kate, but I guarantee you’ll relate to her.”
Hazel Hayes, author of Out of Love -
“A tense, riveting read about the unpredictable ripple effects luck and choices can have, and an absorbing examination of a woman’s attempts to understand herself and her place in the world.”
Tracy Sierra, author of Nightwatching -
“Ellie Levenson’s debut novel, Room 706, is both intensely suspenseful and sublimely nuanced, a thriller that becomes, by the end, as moving and complete a portrait of a marriage as I have ever read. Levenson is a masterful chronicler of the contradictions of the human heart, how unconditional love can exist alongside dissatisfaction, resentment, longing, and regret. Kate, the novel’s protagonist, is much more than ‘sympathetic’ or ‘relatable’—she is fully, imperfectly human, uniquely herself but familiar to anyone who has aged into the compromises of adulthood. It’s also a very sexy book—and, as its conclusion draws near, terrifying. I couldn’t put it down.”
Chip Cheek, author of Cape May"A meditation on relationships, motherhood, and desire." —Bustle
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