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The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Goodreads Choice Award
Nominee for Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction (2016)
Lib Wright, a young English nurse, arrives in an impoverished Irish village on a strange mission. Eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell is said to have eaten nothing for months but appears to be thriving miraculously. With tourists thronging to see the child, and the press sowing doubt, the baffled community looks to an outsider to bring the facts to lights. Lib's job is simple: to watch the girl and uncover the truth.
An educated sceptic, trained by the legendary Florence Nightingale and repelled by what she sees as ignorance and superstition, Lib expects to expose the fast as a hoax right away. But as she gets to know the girl, over the long days they spend together, Lib becomes more and more unsure. Is Anna a fraud, or a 'living wonder'? Or is something more sinister unfolding right before Lib's eyes, a tragedy in which she herself is playing a part?
Written with all the propulsive tension that transported readers of Room, The Wonder is a haunting psychological thriller about the lengths we go to for the love of a child.
An educated sceptic, trained by the legendary Florence Nightingale and repelled by what she sees as ignorance and superstition, Lib expects to expose the fast as a hoax right away. But as she gets to know the girl, over the long days they spend together, Lib becomes more and more unsure. Is Anna a fraud, or a 'living wonder'? Or is something more sinister unfolding right before Lib's eyes, a tragedy in which she herself is playing a part?
Written with all the propulsive tension that transported readers of Room, The Wonder is a haunting psychological thriller about the lengths we go to for the love of a child.
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Genres and Themes
Emma Donoghue, Fiction, Historical, Literary, Pan Macmillan, Psychological, Religious, Thrillers, Women , Historical fiction, Mystery
Emma Donoghue, Fiction, Historical, Literary, Pan Macmillan, Psychological, Religious, Thrillers, Women , Historical fiction, Mystery
Condition
Gently Used
Gently Used
Pages
256
256
Language
EN
EN
Publication Date
2016-09-22
2016-09-22
ISBN
9781509818396
9781509818396
Binding
Paperback
Paperback
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Pan Macmillan
Edition
Air Iri OME
Air Iri OME