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(Novel: 2016, Adaptation: 2022)
This one had been on my shelf for years when I finally read it recently. It tells the story of Lib Wright, who travels to Ireland to work as a private nurse for the O’Donnell family. She is there to observe their eleven-year-old daughter, Anna, who claims not to have eaten a morsel of food for four months. Anna’s family are sure she’s been blessed by God. A wonder. Lib is sure it’s all a hoax. But who is right?
A story steeped in folklore, religion, trauma and suspicion, I could not figure this one out and was left reeling when the truth was finally revealed. This one was adapted in 2022 with Florence Pugh playing Lib and I can’t wait to watch.
In this “old-school page turner” 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.
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.
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