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Author Donoghue, Emma, 1969- author.

Title The wonder : a novel / Emma Donoghue.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
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 95th Street Adult Fiction  F DONOGHUE    AVAILABLE
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Description 291 pages ; 25 cm
Summary 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 evilTourists 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
Subject Girls -- Fiction.
Fasting -- Fiction.
Nurses -- Fiction.
Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
ISBN 9780316393874
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