false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517036m/4965.jpg 4965 27 When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition. As death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe becomes instead annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders." Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a village in the rugged hill country of England, <i>Year of Wonders</I> is a richly detailed evocation of a singular moment in history. Written with stunning emotional intelligence and introducing "an inspiring heroine" (<i>The Wall Street Journal</i>), Brooks blends love and learning, loss and renewal into a spellbinding and unforgettable read. "The novel glitters . . . A deep imaginative engagement with how people are changed by catastrophe." (<i>The New Yorker</I>) "<i>Year of Wonders</I> is a vividly imagined and strangely consoling tale of hope in a time of despair." (<i>O, The Oprah Magazine</I>) "Brooks proves a gifted storyteller as she subtly reveals how ignorance, hatred and mistrust can be as deadly as any virus. . . . <i>Year of Wonders</I> is itself a wonder." (<i>People</I> ) 3211895 book 2001 Year of Wonders total:9291|5:2398|4:4104|3:2233|2:457|1:99| 9291 36118 12889 1848 5 7 false false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 11:39:31 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 11:42:05 -0700 2008 Year of Wonders is a historical novel about a small English town 100 miles outside of London. It's the year 1666, and the town has been struck by plague, brought to them by a London tailor boarding with our narrator, Anna. The village is so remote that when the plague first appears the villagers don...more...]]> 3 11 false false Tue Aug 07 06:47:56 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 06:49:15 -0700 2007 4 9 false false Wed Jul 16 06:25:06 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 06:47:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 6 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 28 18:04:15 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 05 16:23:16 -0700 2008
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Year of Wonders is a novel inspired by the true story of the little town of Eyam in Derbyshire, known as the Plague Village, during the years 1665 - 1666. Although the cause of how the plague showed up in their village is still unknown, the villagers' decision to ...more...]]> 4 5 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 12:51:21 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 12:58:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 05 14:08:35 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 16 19:55:50 -0700 2008 March, I had to immediately read this novel by the same author. It's the story about the plague hitting a small village in England and how the people in the small town change as a result of it. I've been fascinated with historical fictions about plagues since reading Connie Willis' Doo...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 04:17:59 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 06:44:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jul 03 21:59:49 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 22:00:15 -0700 2007 I really enjoyed this book. It is an interesting mix of historical and feminist fiction that brings to mind The Red Tent, or The Instance of the Fingerpost. The book is about the plague in a village near London in the years 1665-1666. One of...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 20:18:07 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 20:33:06 -0700 2007 Well, I'm actually listening to this on CD, and the narrator is fantastic ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Nov 11 02:49:41 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 03:42:34 -0800 2008 once so far more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 18:17:40 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 05:34:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 13:48:49 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 01:55:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 16:57:37 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 16:58:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 03:29:10 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 03:34:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 4 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 18 21:14:58 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 03 04:23:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 13:21:58 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 09:53:38 -0800 2007 Mrs. Ebarvia
Honors World Literature
November 29, 2007
Online Book Review
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks is both an entertaining and unbelievably realistic novel about England during the Black Plague. Geraldine Brooks has received critical acclaim for he...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 21 10:35:17 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 24 21:16:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4965