The Wonder
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3.9 • 11 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Now a Netflix film starring Florence Pugh: In this “old-school page turner” (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review) by the bestselling author of Room, an English nurse is brought to a small Irish village to observe what appears to be a miracle—a girl said to have survived without food for months—and 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.
Acclaim for The Wonder:
"Deliciously gothic.... Dark and vivid, with complicated characters, this is a novel that lodges itself deep" (USA Today, 3/4 stars)
"Heartbreaking and transcendent"(New York Times)
"A fable as lean and discomfiting as Anna's dwindling body.... Donoghue keeps us riveted" (Chicago Tribune)
"Donoghue poses powerful questions about faith and belief" (Newsday)
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We were riveted listening to this haunting drama set in Ireland just after the 19th-century potato famine. When nurse Lib Wright accepts a new post in rural Ireland, she doesn’t expect to be working with a nun to figure out how a young girl named Anna has somehow survived for months without eating. When Lib discovers the girl’s strange and terrifying secret, she must determine whom to trust to save her from an approaching doom. Room author Emma Donoghue deftly blends atmospheric horror with insightful historical fiction in this enthralling, often eerie novel. Narrator Tara Egan Langley evokes both Lib’s and Anna’s characters with haunting beauty, even using her exquisite singing voice in some scenes. This is a soul-stirring listen that deals with topics like sexism, religious frenzy, and unlikely friendship.
