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Sep 20, 2016 · In The Wonder, Emma Donoghue—most notable for her novel Room and film adaptation of the same name—questions human and divine agency. Lib Wright, a nurse trained in the Crimea under Florence Nightingale, is dispatched to central Ireland to watch over a young girl named Anna.
The Wonder is a 2016 novel by Irish-Canadian novelist Emma Donoghue. Set in post-famine Ireland, the novel follows English nurse Elizabeth Wright as she cares for a supposed miraculous girl, who has survived without sustenance for four months.
The Wonder is a psychological thriller set in 1859 Ireland, where an English nurse observes a girl who claims to survive without food for months. It is Donoghue's ninth novel, a bestseller and a Giller Prize nominee, adapted into a Netflix film.
Sep 20, 2016 · Fiction is small solace for history's grief, but it's one way to set the record straight."―Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker. "A blazing historical novel."―Marion Winik, Newsday. "Donoghue is a master of plot, and her prose is especially exquisite in depicting ambiguity...
Sep 20, 2016 · A Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist and #1 bestseller, The Wonder is the latest masterpiece from Man Booker Prize–shortlisted author Emma Donoghue. A village in 1850s Ireland is baffled by Anna O’Donnell’s fast. The little girl appears to be thriving after months without food, and the story of this “wonder” has reached fever ...
Nov 15, 2022 · "THE WONDER by Emma Donoghue is just that: 'a wonder' of a story about religious delusion and self-denial [that] teem[s] with drama and great moral questions.... Donoghue manages to engage larger mysteries of faith, doubt and evil without sacrificing the lyricism of her language or the suspense of her storyline."
Apr 10, 2018 · A Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist and #1 bestseller, The Wonder is the latest masterpiece from Man Booker Prize–shortlisted author Emma Donoghue A village in 1850s Ireland is baffled by Anna O’Donnell’s fast.
