Year of Wonders A Novel

Name: Year of Wonders A Novel
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ISBN: 9780142001431

ISBN-10: 0142001430

ISBN-13: 9780142001431

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Geraldine Brooks

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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…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.70" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Geraldine Brooks is the author of two acclaimed works of nonfiction, "Nine Parts of Desire" and "Foreign Correspondence." A former war correspondent, her writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.