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The Wonder : a novel / Emma Donoghue.

By: Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]Edition: First Canadian editionDescription: 291 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781443450027 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, 'The Wonder' - inspired by numerous cases of 'fasting girls' between the sixteenth century and the twentieth - is a psychological thriller about a child's murder. Pitting all the seductions of fundamentalism against sense and love, this book is a searing examination of what nourishes us, body and soul.
List(s) this item appears in: Grey County Reads
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Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC DONO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001046078

Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, 'The Wonder' - inspired by numerous cases of 'fasting girls' between the sixteenth century and the twentieth - is a psychological thriller about a child's murder. Pitting all the seductions of fundamentalism against sense and love, this book is a searing examination of what nourishes us, body and soul.

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