![]() ![]() ![]() The journey was no worse than she expected. The Wonder By Emma Donoghue: Book Extract Chapter: ![]() English nurse Lib Wright is summoned.įresh from the bloody battlefields of the Crimean War and the tutelage of Florence Nightingale, Lib is an atheist trained in hard medical facts – and doesn’t believe in miracles.ĭonoghue writes a cracking good yarn and, even if you’re a big fan of Room, like I am, and don't think she'll be able to match it, you won't be disappointed. The local priest and her family – farmworkers and devout Catholics – desperately want Anna declared a saint. Set in Victorian Ireland, news is spreading of a “manna from heaven” – a pious 11-year-old girl called Anna O’Donnell, who has been starving herself for four months, yet appears to be healthy. This is Emma Donoghue’s next book after her hit novel, Room. ![]()
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