3.6
The Wonder
Lib Wright, a Young English nurse, arrives in an impoverished Irish village on a strange mision. 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 light. 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 toghether, Lib becomes more and more unsure. Is Anna a fraud, or a 'living wonder'? Or si something more sinister unfolding right before Lib's eyes, a tragedy in which she herself is playing a part?
FictionHistoricalReligious
RELEASED2016
PUBLISHERPan Macmillan
LENGTH291
LANGUAGEEN
Grew up in Ireland, 20s in England doing a PhD in eighteenth-century literature, since then in Canada. Best known for my novel, film and play ROOM, also other contemporary and historical novels and short stories, non-fiction, theatre and middle-grade novels.
3.6
The Wonder
Lib Wright, a Young English nurse, arrives in an impoverished Irish village on a strange mision. 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 light. 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 toghether, Lib becomes more and more unsure. Is Anna a fraud, or a 'living wonder'? Or si something more sinister unfolding right before Lib's eyes, a tragedy in which she herself is playing a part?
FictionHistoricalReligious
RELEASED2016
PUBLISHERPan Macmillan
LENGTH291
LANGUAGEEN
Grew up in Ireland, 20s in England doing a PhD in eighteenth-century literature, since then in Canada. Best known for my novel, film and play ROOM, also other contemporary and historical novels and short stories, non-fiction, theatre and middle-grade novels.
