The Empty Room

The Empty Room is a risky and courageous novel by a writer who, as we have seen before in Our Daily Bread, does not hesitate to confront humanity at its most abject and craven. Colleen Kerrigan is weaving a path toward self-destruction and is no longer able to hide it from friends and co-workers. A......more

This book had me on page three, and I finished it in a week. I highly recommend this read to everyone!......more

loved this dark and creepy and uncomfortable read - perhaps because it took place in toronto and the locations were familiar. perhaps.......more

If you liked Drunk Mom by Jowita Bydlowska, you'll love The Empty Room by Lauren B Davis. This bracing read about alcohol addiction reads like a contemporary THE BELL JAR (but way boozier!). I cringed as Colleen - in her alcoholic haze - humiliated herself over and over again. But Davis makes Collee......more

THE EMPTY ROOM Written by Lauren B. Davis 2013; Harper Collins (314 Pages) Genre: canadiana, fiction, addictions 4 STARS Colleen wakes up hungover and only has flashes of the night before. As the day progresses her addiction to alcohol comes to the forefront. Colleen thinks back of her family and how d......more