The closely imagined, intricately drawn story possesses many of the same alluring qualities as her bestseller, Room. 'Donoghue demonstrates her versatility by dabbling in a wide range of literary styles in this latest novel. Exploring the nature of faith and trust with heartrending intensity, Donoghue's superb novel will leave few unaffected.'- Sarah Johnson, Booklist (starred review) ' contemporary thriller Room made an international bestseller, but this gripping tale offers a welcome reminder that her historical fiction is equally fine.'- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

'A fine, fact-based historical novel, an old-school page turner.Donoghue has written, with crackling intensity, about power to destroy.'- Stephen King, New York Times Book Review Heartbreaking and transcendent and almost religious in itself.'- Sarah Lyall, New York Times Like The Turn of the Screw, the novel opens irresistibly, when a young woman with a troubled past gets an enigmatic posting in a remote place. 'Donoghue poses powerful questions about faith and belief' ( Newsday) Donoghue keeps us riveted' ( Chicago Tribune) 'A fable as lean and discomfiting as Anna's dwindling body. 'Heartbreaking and transcendent'( New York Times) Dark and vivid, with complicated characters, this is a novel that lodges itself deep' ( USA Today, 3/4 stars)

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. Lib Wright, a veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign, is hired to keep watch over the girl. 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.

Now a Netflix film starring Florence Pugh: In this “old-school page turner” (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review) by the 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 months-and soon finds herself fighting to save the child's life.

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