"Shiver-inducingly delicious."--The New York Times Book Review
"[Suma's] narratives are subtle, quicksilver creatures, her language
is elegant, and her characters keep more secrets than they reveal. If
this book was a dessert, it wouldn't be a chocolate chip cookie or a
vanilla birthday cake -- it would be an earl grey lavender macaroon, or
maybe balsamic fig ice cream." - NPR.com
"This beautiful story is full of magical-realism and luscious, lyrical
writing." - BuzzFeed
"Terrific . . . A gothic love letter to secret places of New York City
and the runaway girls who find them."--Kelly Link, author of
Pulitzer Prize finalist Get in Trouble
"Nova Ren Suma surpasses herself with this gorgeously-told,
mesmerizing, tense and twisted story."-- Laura Ruby, National Book Award
Finalist and Printz-Winning author of Bone Gap
"Nova Ren Suma is a force to be reckoned with. Nobody writes like
her."--Courtney Summers, author of Sadie
"A Room Away From the Wolves is a page-turning thrill. Prepare to be
left shivery and spooked and a little bit heartbroken."--Emily X.R. Pan,
New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After
"A Room Away from the Wolves is a beautifully tangled chain, a modern
gothic haunting by one of our masters."--Elana K. Arnold, author of
National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of
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 cost for her to leave . . .
In A Room Away from the Wolves, critically acclaimed and New York
Times bestselling author Nova Ren Suma weaves a spellbinding ghost
story about who deserves a second chance, how we lie to those around us
and ourselves, and what lengths girls will go to in order to save each
other.
