Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
A young womans struggle to save her family and her soul during the most extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly visited a small Derbyshire village and the villagers, inspired by a charismatic preacher, elected to quarantine themselves to limit the contagion.'A Year of Wonders is a staggering fictional debut that matches journalistic accumulation of detail to natural narrative flair' Guardian
‘A lyrically written and emotionally engaging novel.' Independent
'The plot is gripping, I like the psychological subtlety of characters struggling with a shifting world, and it’s packed with historical detail.' Daily Mail
Praise for Foreign Correspondence:
‘An evocative, superbly written tale of a woman’s journey to self-understanding.’
Kirkus Reviews
Geraldine Brooks was born and raised in Australia. After moving to the USA she worked for eleven years on the Wall Street Journal, covering stories from some of the world’s most troubled areas, including Bosnia, Somalia and the Middle East. Her first novels ‘A Year of Wonders’ and ‘March have become international bestsellers, the latter earning Brooks the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She lives with her husband and son in rural Virginia and is currently a fellow at Harvard University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841154572 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841154571 |
| Title | Year of Wonders |
| Author | Geraldine Brooks |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2001-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Westfield/Waverley Library Literary Award 2002 |
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