01987cam a2200313 i 4500 296121386 TxAuBib 20160922120000.0 160718s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2016030372 9780316393874 0316393878 eng rda TxAuBib rda Donoghue, Emma, 1969- The wonder [BOOK] / Emma Donoghue. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. 291 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A small village in 1850s rural Ireland is baffled by Anna O'Donnell's fast, which began as a self-inflicted and earnest expression of faith. After weeks of subsisting only on what she calls "manna from heaven," the story of the "miracle" has reached a fever pitch. Tourists flock in droves to the O'Donnell family's modest cabin hoping to witness, and an international journalist is sent to cover the sensational story. Enter Lib, an English nurse trained by Florence Nightingale who is hired to keep watch for two weeks and determine whether or not Anna is a fraud. As Anna deteriorates, Lib finds herself responsible not just for the care of a child, but for getting to the root of why the child may actually be the victim of murder in slow motion. A magnetic novel written with all the spare and propulsive tension that madeRoom a huge bestseller, THE WONDER works beautifully on many levels--a simple tale of two strangers who will transform each other's lives, a powerful psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil in its many masks. 20170523. Fasting Fiction. Nurses Fiction. Girls Fiction. Ireland Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Historical fiction.