The White Room

America is talking about THE WHITE ROOM. “One of the finest debut novels I have read in the past 30 years. Austin Shippey is a remarkable novelist. Long after you have read the final page and closed the cover, you will find yourself back inside of THE WHITE ROOM.” "The White Room" is a fast paced, engrossing story written as a memoir from the perspective of a man, Adrian, who spent his childhood locked away and isolated in an eleven by eleven foot room in the suburbs of sunny Southern California. He is rescued from his abusive situation, rehabilitated, and the horrors of his parents’ crimes spreads across the world in tabloids, newspapers, and magazines. Adrian is interviewed across television, and a pop band writes a song after him. His mind is quickly studied by scientists, eager to learn more about what is sometimes referred to as “the forbidden experiment;” to know how isolation affects the mind is to know exactly how education assists it. However, the nation quickly loses interest when Adrian’s rehabilitation slows down. For a moment, he is a forgotten oddity in a long history of psychology. Soon, however, Adrian is whisked away by strangers to a hospital in Alaska, where a new treatment plan is being written for him… “One of the most horrifying and beautiful books I’ve ever read.”“This is the kind of book I will reread several times and keep getting more out of. It took me into the story and kept me constantly wanting to read more.”

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