In this masterpiece by Emma Donoghue, 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 month -- 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.