The Wonder

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In the latest masterpiece by Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room, an English nurse brought to a small Irish village to observe what appears to be a miracle a girl said to have survived without food for months soon finds herself fighting to save the child s life.Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven year old Anna O Donnell, who believes herself to be living off manna from heaven, and a journalist is sent to cover the sensation Lib Wright, a veteran of Florence Nightingale s Crimean campaign, is hired to keep watch over the girl.Written with all the propulsive tension that made Room a huge bestseller, THE WONDER works beautifully on many levels a tale of two strangers who transform each other s lives, a powerful psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.The latest masterpiece by Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room. Read The Wonder by Emma Donoghue – kino-fada.fr Lib had a dizzying sense that time could fall into itself like the embers That in these dim huts nothing had changed since the age of the Druids and nothing ever would What was that line in the hymn they d sung at Lib s school The night is dark, and I am far from home. I loved this book so much So much I can easily see why it won t be for everyone truth be told, the plot moves fairly slow but I was just so engrossed in the story and atmosphere I suppose it just depends how much this k Lib had a dizzying sense that time could fall into itself like the embers That in these dim huts nothing had changed since the age of the Druids and nothing ever would Wha...NO SPOILERS AT ALL in this review More Water She offered the spoon Anna s eyelids flickered but didn t open she shook her head Be it done to me I kept thinking about Be it done to me What s the source of an 11 year old girl feeling resigned powerless Or, do those words mean something else, altogether to the child A litt...My reviews can also be seen at ve only read one other book by Emma Donoghue but I loved it Room is one of my favorite books Because I enjoyed it so much I was worried that anything else I read from the author would pale in comparison However, after reading the description for The Wonder I was very intrigued Eleven year old Anna O Donnell has become somewhat of a tourist attraction A miracle girl who has apparently survived for four months witho My reviews can also be seen at ve only read one other book by Emma Donoghue but I loved it Room is one of my favorite books Because I enjoyed it so much I was worried that anything else I read from the author would pale in comparison However, after reading the description for The Wonder I was very intrigued Eleven year old Anna O Donnell has become somewhat of a tourist attraction A miracle girl who has apparently survived for four months without eating any food and who according to the local doctor is otherwise healthy Libby Wright is an English nurse hired to keep watch over Anna for two weeks, alongside another nurse who happens to be a Nun Libby as well a...Emotional, at times disturbing, and tremendously thought provoking, The Wonder once again demonstrates the sheer power of Emma Donoghue s storytelling ability, which first dazzled me with the extraordinary Room.Lib Wright was a nurse alongside Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War, escaping her own personal issues But after the war, even for a Nightingale Nurse, life is monotonous she is treated with disdain by her supervisors and fellow nurses, and is left to littlethan menial Emotional, at times disturbing, and tremendously thought provoking, The Wonder once again demonstrates the sheer power of Emma Donoghue s storytelling ability, which first dazzled me with the extraordinary Room.Lib Wright was a nurse alongside Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War, escaping her own personal issues But after the war, even for a Nightinga...Edit Available to order or purchase Edit 2 I ve thought of this everyday since I finished reading it, and am changing my rating to 5 Stars, as well Lib is a nurse, a Nightingale, trained by Florence N herself She is living in London, when she s called to Athlone, Ireland, smack dab in the middle of Ireland, for a two week nursing task in a private capacity She arrives at her housing, a room above a small grocery, after a lengthy and bumpy ride in a jaunting car She can t believe anything Edit Available to order or purchase Edit 2 I ve thought of this everyday since I finished reading it, and am changing my rating to 5 Stars, as well Lib is a nurse, a Nightingale, trained by Florence N herself She is living in London, when she s called to Athlone, Ireland, smack dab in the middle of Ireland, for a two week nursing task in a private capacity She arrives at her housing, a room above a small grocery, after a lengthy and bumpy ride in a jaunting car She can t believe anything about this is right, the village is nothingthan a few haphazardly buildings huddled together, with a whitewashed building up from there, standing out with its pointed roof with a cross aboveThe town seems mired in myth and fairytale indeed fairies are much to blame for things gone wrong in this...4.5 Stars Spell Binding and so atmospheric, The Wonder is one of the best Irish historical novels I have read in a very long time where facts and fiction come together to create a story that gets under your skinClearly the Irish Midlands were a depression where wet pooled, the little circle in a saucerQuote from The Wonder The setting for Emma Donoghue s novel is the Irish Midlands about seven years after the end of the potatoe famine in Ireland This location is approx 20 miles from where 4.5 Stars Spell Binding and so atmospheric, The Wonder is one of the best Irish historical novels I have read in a very long time where facts and fiction come together to create a story that gets under your skinClearly the Irish Midlands were a depression where wet pooled, the little circle in a saucerQuote from The Wonder The setting for Emma Donoghue s novel is the Irish Midlands about seven years after the end of the potatoe famine in Ireland This location is approx 20 miles from where I reside and I was eager to see how this historical novel would read for me.An eleven year old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story Set in the Irish Midlands in the mist of a close knit Catholic community in the 1850s The Wonder inspired by numerous European and North American cases of fasting girls between the sixteenth century and the twentieth This is such an atmospheri...Sometimes I just want to smack characters in a book and this is one of those times Assigned by her mentorFlorence Nightingaleto watch over an eleven year old miracle child in Ireland who hasn t eaten in four months, a skeptical British nurse believes an easy task is at hand to quickly prove foul play and return home, but soon finds herself in the midst of a strangely complicated and religiously close knit Catholic family.Somewhat slow going while the story builds and characters are develop Sometimes I just want to smack characters in a book and this is one of those times Assigned by her mentorFlorence Nightingaleto watch over an eleven year old miracle child in Ireland who hasn t eaten in four months, a...4.5 When Libby a nurse trained by Florence Nightingale, fought alongside of her in the Crimea, contracts to work with a family in Ireland, she has no idea what she is letting herself in for Eleven year old, Anne, is said to have not eaten any solid food for over four months and Lib s job will be to observe her for two weeks, to see if the claims are true She will alternate this duty with a nursing sister of the same Catholic faith as the family.Extremely atmospheric, I felt the same frustratio 4.5 When Libby a nurse trained by Florence Nightingale, fought alongside of her in the...4.5 Stars rounded up First off I have never been so riled up while reading a book before as I was with this one I wanted to give a few characters a piece of my mind I wanted to throw my book at them but gently as I would never want to hurt my precious books but some of those characters sure needed to be smacked around a little THE WONDER by EMMA DONOGHUE was an intriguing, gripping, mesmerizing, and a beautifully written Historical Fiction novel which was set in a small Irish village from 4.5 Stars rounded up First off I have never been so riled up while reading a book before as I was with this one I wanted to give a few characters a piece of my mind I wanted to throw my book at them but gently as I would never want to hurt my precious books but some of those characters sure needed to be smacked around a little THE WONDER by EMMA DONOGHUE was an intriguing, gripping, mesmerizing, and a beautifully written Historical Fiction novel which was set in a small Irish village from the nineteenth century that grabbed my attention from the very first chapter.I really like THE COVER of this book ...4.5 Who would not wonder about a young child at the age of 11 years who will not eat and hasn t for some four months, but seems to be flourishing without eating so much as a crumb Born into the religious O Donnell family, they all rally around the girl and believe her to be thriving by the special providence of the Almighty The local Doctor McBrearty residing in the tiny town of Athlone, Ireland knows the family well and is unhappy with the newspapers reports not believing the story by implyi 4....

The Wonder
  • English
  • 08 April 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 291 pages
  • 0316393878
  • Emma Donoghue
  • The Wonder