Year of Wonder is based on the great plague of 1666 in a small mountain village outside of London. A bolt of infected cloth carried by an unknown man from London brought this deadly disease to this village. The people of the village and Anna, a young woman with a strong heart and constitution all decide to quarantine themselves within the village to stave off spreading this deadly disease. However, as death reaches every household in the village, all the faith people have start to become non-existent and the village disintegrates in front of Anna's eyes. The year of the plague becomes the most challenging, and deadly year of history. Geraldine Brooks again transports you with vivid clarity back to the 1600's and the devastation of this plague and the people involved.
Recommended reading: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Thanks for stopping by! I hadn't seen this by Brooks before. It sounds like it would be great, on my wish list it goes!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sharon for stopping by as well. I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did.
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