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Author | R. J. Palacio |
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Cover artist | Tad Carpenter |
Subject | Prejudice Self-acceptance Middle school Friendship Bullying[1] |
Genre | Children's novel |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
February 14, 2012 | |
Pages | 310 |
Awards | Maine Student Book Award Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Mark Twain Award Hawaii's Nene Award Junior Young Reader's Choice Award |
ISBN | 0375869026 |
OCLC | 726819876 |
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Wonder is a children's novel by Raquel Jaramillo, under the pen name of R. J. Palacio,[2] published on February 14, 2012.
R. J. Palacio wrote Wonder after an incident where her son noticed a girl with a severe facial deformity and started to cry. Fearing he would react badly, Palacio attempted to remove her son from the situation so as not to upset the girl and her family but ended up worsening the situation. Natalie Merchant's song 'Wonder' made her realize that the incident could illustrate a valuable lesson. Palacio was inspired by Merchant's lyrics and she began writing. She named the book directly after the song, and used the song's chorus as the prologue of the first chapter.[3]
Several spin-offs, including the calendar book 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts[4] and Auggie and Me have been published.[5] A film adaptation was released in 2017.
- 2Reception
- 4Related books
Plot[edit]
August 'Auggie' Pullman is a homeschooled fifth-grader living in North River Heights in Upper Manhattan with his parents. He has a medical condition, often equated with Treacher Collins syndrome, which has left his face disfigured. Due to his condition, August has been homeschooled by his mother; however, wanting him to experience a larger world, his parents enroll him into Beecher Middle School for the start of fifth grade. August has a sister, Olivia 'Via' Pullman, who is older than he is and often puts her brother's needs before her own.
On his first day of school, August tries not to draw attention to himself. His efforts are in vain, and Julian, one of the students whom the principal has asked to help August at school, immediately bullies him for his appearance. August's hopes for the school year are later raised slightly when he forms friendships with classmates Jack and Summer, both of whom defend him from Julian's taunts.
The situation comes to a head on Halloween when August, disguised in a costume, overhears Jack joining in with the bullying. As August isolates himself from his classmates and family, his sister Olivia's frustration grows, fueled by years of feeling ignored by her family.
Returning to school, August ignores Jack but admits to Summer that he had overheard the incident. Jack feels ashamed for his actions, and punches Julian in the mouth and he gets suspended from school. Over the winter break, Jack reconciles with August.
As the school year progresses, the bullying of August faces become more serious and extends to Jack as well. Julian manipulates several friends into turning against August and Jack. In addition, Julian's mother voices her concerns over August's attending the school, citing that his appearance may be too much of a burden for the other students to handle.
Olivia confides in her mother that she does not want August to attend her school play, as she had found comfort in the fact that nobody at her new school knew about her brother's condition. August overhears and storms out of the room.
When the main actress, Miranda, Via's (Olivia's) best friend, decides that Via should take the leading role of the school play, she told the director that she couldn't be in the school play, Olivia takes on the role. Her family celebrates by taking her and Miranda out for dinner.
At the end of the school year, the students are invited on a three-day school trip to a nature reserve. August is initially concerned about going. However, upon hearing that Julian will not be attending (due to being suspended for two weeks for his behavior), August decides to join his friends on the trip. He has fun until the last night, when he and Jack go to the woods and are attacked by seventh graders who start to beat them, only to be saved by Julian's friends. August lost his hearing aids and started hearing ocean sounds. One of the boys said 'your hearing aids fell off.' He got concerned because he could barely hear much anymore because the ocean sounds were taking over his ability to hear.
With the summer vacation fast approaching, August is informed that Julian will not be returning to Beecher Prep for the next grade. The Pullman family get a new puppy, whom they call 'Bear'. At the graduation ceremony, August is awarded the 'Henry Ward Beecher Medal' for being 'notable or exemplary in certain areas throughout the school year'. Incredibly proud of her son, August's mother comments that he is a 'wonder'.
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
The book received positive reviews from critics.[6][7]
The parent resource Common Sense Media gave Wonder four out of five stars, calling it a 'Moving, uplifting tale about a disfigured boy with inner beauty'.[8]
Entertainment Weekly Izotope music production bundle 2 torrent. said: 'In a wonder of a debut, Palacio has written a crackling page-turner filled with characters you can't help but root for'. The New York Times called it, 'Rich and memorable [..] It's Auggie and the rest of the children who are the real heart of Wonder, and Palacio captures the voices of girls and boys, fifth graders, and teenagers, with equal skill'.
Awards[edit]
Wonder was on The New York TimesBest Seller list[9] and was also on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list.[10] The book was the winner of the 2014 Maine Student Book Award, Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, the 2015 Mark Twain Award,[11] Hawaii's 2015 Nene Award,[12] and the Junior Young Reader's Choice Award for 2015.[13] In Illinois, it won both the Bluestem and Caudill Awards in 2014.[14]
Sales[edit]
The novel, written in English, has been translated into 29 other languages for worldwide sales: Spanish, Catalan, Japanese, German, French, Portuguese, Danish, Serbian, Arabic, Hebrew, Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish, Faroese, Turkish, Dutch, Persian, Italian, Finnish, Russian, Korean, Chinese, Ukrainian, Polish, Croatian, Greek, Romanian, Vietnamese and Slovenian.[15]
First published in 2012 by Alfred A. Knopf (now part of Penguin Random House), the novel was still a top seller for the firm in 2017, when it sold 5 million copies in combined book and e-book units in the United States alone.[16]
Film adaptation[edit]
A film adaptation directed by Stephen Chbosky and written by Steve Conrad starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson as Isabel and Nate Pullman respectively, and Jacob Tremblay as August Pullman was released on November 17, 2017 by Lionsgate.
Related books[edit]
Auggie and Me[edit]
Auggie and Me is not a sequel but a companion book to Wonder (although 'The Julian Chapter' serves as one). It contains three stories, each telling the events of Wonder from different perspectives. The first story, called 'The Julian Chapter', is told from the point of view of school bully Julian where he explains why he mistreats Auggie and if he will change. The second, called 'Pluto', focuses on August Pullman's life before Beecher Prep and is told from the point of view of Christopher, Auggie's oldest friend. The third is called 'Shingaling' and is told from the point of view of Auggie's classmate Charlotte, who, in Wonder, is nice but not kind enough to Auggie; it focuses on things that were going on between some of the girls in Auggie's year, such as Ximena Chin, Summer Dawson, and Maya Markowitz.
365 Days of Wonder[edit]
In Wonder, Mr. Browne made a precept for every month. 365 Days of Wonder states 365 different precepts collected by Mr. Browne. It also has thoughts and opinions by Mr. Browne after every month in the book.
We're All Wonders[edit]
In this short picture book, Auggie talks about his life before the book Wonder. Auggie focuses on this story on how we are all wonders. August has on his astronaut helmet most of the time.
References[edit]
- ^'Wonder (Book, 2012)'. WorldCat.org. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^''Wonder' What It's Like To Have Kids Stare At You?'. New York Times. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^'A 'Wonder'-filled day: Best-selling author surprises Ann Arbor elementary student'. MLive.com. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^Alter, Alexandra (13 February 2014). 'R.J. Palacio's 'Wonder' Spins Off Two Follow-Up Books'. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^'Auggie & Me'.
- ^The Dormouse (2 February 2014). 'Wonder by R. J. Palacio - review'. The Guardian.
- ^Chilton, Martin (24 February 2012). 'Wonder by R.J Palacio: review'. The Telegraph.
- ^Barbara Schultz. 'Wonder Book Review'. 'Common Sense Media'.
- ^Taylor, Ihsan. 'Best Sellers'. The New York Times. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^'Texas Bluebonnet Award Annotated 2013-2014 Master List'(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^'Children's Book Award Winners Announced at Maine Reading Conference'. Maine.gov. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^''Wonder' Selected as 2015 Nene Award Winner'. Mauinow.com. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^'YRCA 2015'. Pnla.org. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^'Champagne Library Illinois Award Winners'. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016.
- ^Palacio, Raquel J. 'Formats and Editions of Wonder'. Worldcat.org. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^Milliot, Jim (27 March 2018). 'PRH Has Stable 2017'. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
External links[edit]
- Review in The Guardian
Awards | ||
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Preceded by The Unwanteds | Mark Twain Award 2015 | Succeeded by Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library |
Preceded by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever | Junior Young Reader's Choice Award 2015 | Succeeded by N/a |
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The Irish Midlands, 1859. An English nurse, Lib Wright, is summoned to a tiny village to observe what some are claiming as a medical anomaly or a miracle - a girl said to have survived without food for months. Tourists have flocked to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, and a journalist has come down to cover the sensation. The Wonder is a tale of two strangers wh..more
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Sep 23, 2016Emily May rated it it was amazing
Lib had a dizzying sense that time could fall into itself like the embers. That in these dim huts nothing had changed since the age of the Druids and nothing ever would. What was that line in the hymn they’d sung at Lib’s school? The night is dark, and I am far from home.
I loved this book so much. So much. I can easily see why it won't be for everyone - truth be told, the plot moves fairly slow - but I was just so engrossed in the story and atmosphere. I suppose it just depends how much this k..more
May 20, 2016Elyse Walters rated it it was amazing
NO SPOILERS AT ALL in this review:
'More Water?' She offered the spoon.
'Anna's eyelids flickered but didn't open; she shook her head. 'Be it done to me'.
I kept thinking about 'Be it done to me'. What's the source of an 11 year old girl feeling resigned -powerless? Or, do those words mean something else, altogether to the child?
A little girl won't eat. Religious reasons? Something else?
Her parents are convinced she can live without food.
Incredible? skeptical? Outrageous fraud?
There have been..more
'More Water?' She offered the spoon.
'Anna's eyelids flickered but didn't open; she shook her head. 'Be it done to me'.
I kept thinking about 'Be it done to me'. What's the source of an 11 year old girl feeling resigned -powerless? Or, do those words mean something else, altogether to the child?
A little girl won't eat. Religious reasons? Something else?
Her parents are convinced she can live without food.
Incredible? skeptical? Outrageous fraud?
There have been..more
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I've only read one other book by Emma Donoghue but I loved it. 'Room' is one of my favorite books. Because I enjoyed it so much I was worried that anything else I read from the author would pale in comparison. However, after reading the description for 'The Wonder' I was very intrigued.
Eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell has become somewhat of a tourist attraction. A miracle girl who has apparently survived for four months witho..more
Mar 11, 2017Joey Woolfardis rated it it was okI've only read one other book by Emma Donoghue but I loved it. 'Room' is one of my favorite books. Because I enjoyed it so much I was worried that anything else I read from the author would pale in comparison. However, after reading the description for 'The Wonder' I was very intrigued.
Eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell has become somewhat of a tourist attraction. A miracle girl who has apparently survived for four months witho..more
Shelves: 2017, ce21, feminine, bookshelf, intriguing-but-ultimately-naff, literary, saoirse
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A young girl in Ireland has supposedly lived on no food at all for months on end, claiming that she is living off 'manna from heaven' and English nurse Lib has been sent over from England to watch her to make sure the claim is valid. Surrounded by religious superstition, Lib must get to the bottom of the miracle-or stop the destruction of a young girl's life.
This book was basically a short story fleshed out with too much inner monologue and chatter a..more
A young girl in Ireland has supposedly lived on no food at all for months on end, claiming that she is living off 'manna from heaven' and English nurse Lib has been sent over from England to watch her to make sure the claim is valid. Surrounded by religious superstition, Lib must get to the bottom of the miracle-or stop the destruction of a young girl's life.
This book was basically a short story fleshed out with too much inner monologue and chatter a..more
Sep 07, 2016Dem rated it really liked it
4.5 Stars
Spell Binding and so atmospheric, The Wonder is one of the best Irish historical novels I have read in a very long time where facts and fiction come together to create a story that gets under your skin.
Clearly the Irish Midlands were a depression where wet pooled, the little circle in a saucer'(Quote from The Wonder)
The setting for Emma Donoghue's novel is the Irish Midlands about seven years after the end of the potatoe famine in Ireland. This location is approx 20 miles from where..more
Spell Binding and so atmospheric, The Wonder is one of the best Irish historical novels I have read in a very long time where facts and fiction come together to create a story that gets under your skin.
Clearly the Irish Midlands were a depression where wet pooled, the little circle in a saucer'(Quote from The Wonder)
The setting for Emma Donoghue's novel is the Irish Midlands about seven years after the end of the potatoe famine in Ireland. This location is approx 20 miles from where..more
Sep 05, 2016Larry H rated it really liked it
Emotional, at times disturbing, and tremendously thought-provoking, The Wonder once again demonstrates the sheer power of Emma Donoghue's storytelling ability, which first dazzled me with the extraordinary Room.
Lib Wright was a nurse alongside Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War, escaping her own personal issues. But after the war, even for a Nightingale Nurse, life is monotonous; she is treated with disdain by her supervisors and fellow nurses, and is left to little more than menial..more
Oct 26, 2016Carol rated it really liked it · review of another editionLib Wright was a nurse alongside Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War, escaping her own personal issues. But after the war, even for a Nightingale Nurse, life is monotonous; she is treated with disdain by her supervisors and fellow nurses, and is left to little more than menial..more
Shelves: published-2016, mystery, cultural-ireland, read-2016, historical-fiction, netgalley
Sometimes I just want to smack characters in a book and this is one of those times!Assigned by her mentor (Florence Nightingale) to watch over an eleven year old 'miracle' child in Ireland who hasn't eaten in four months, a skeptical British nurse believes an easy task is at hand to quickly prove foul play and return home, but soon finds herself in the midst of a strangely complicated and religiously close-knit Catholic family.
Somewhat slow going while the story builds and characters are develop
..moreMay 20, 2016Cheri rated it it was amazing Shelves: 2016, 1850s, ireland-historical-fiction, ireland
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Edit#2: I've thought of this everyday since I finished reading it, and am changing my rating to 5 Stars, as well.
Lib is a nurse, a Nightingale, trained by Florence N. herself. She is living in London, when she’s called to Athlone, Ireland, smack dab in the middle of Ireland, for a two-week nursing task in a private capacity. She arrives at her housing, a room above a small grocery, after a lengthy and bumpy ride in a jaunting car. She can’t believe anything..more
Edit#2: I've thought of this everyday since I finished reading it, and am changing my rating to 5 Stars, as well.
Lib is a nurse, a Nightingale, trained by Florence N. herself. She is living in London, when she’s called to Athlone, Ireland, smack dab in the middle of Ireland, for a two-week nursing task in a private capacity. She arrives at her housing, a room above a small grocery, after a lengthy and bumpy ride in a jaunting car. She can’t believe anything..more
4.5 When Libby a nurse trained by Florence Nightingale, fought alongside of her in the Crimea, contracts to work with a family in Ireland, she has no idea what she is letting herself in for. Eleven year old, Anne, is said to have not eaten any solid food for over four months and Lib's job will be to observe her for two weeks, to see if the claims are true. She will alternate this duty with a nursing sister of the same Catholic faith as the family.
Extremely atmospheric, I felt the same frustratio..more
Extremely atmospheric, I felt the same frustratio..more
Mar 04, 2017Norma * Traveling Sister rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
4.5 Stars rounded up!
First off I have never been so riled up while reading a book before as I was with this one! I wanted to give a few characters a piece of my mind! I wanted to throw my book at them but gently as I would never want to hurt my precious books but some of those characters sure needed to be smacked around a little!
THE WONDER by EMMA DONOGHUE was an intriguing, gripping, mesmerizing, and a beautifully written Historical Fiction novel which was set in a small Irish village from..more
First off I have never been so riled up while reading a book before as I was with this one! I wanted to give a few characters a piece of my mind! I wanted to throw my book at them but gently as I would never want to hurt my precious books but some of those characters sure needed to be smacked around a little!
THE WONDER by EMMA DONOGHUE was an intriguing, gripping, mesmerizing, and a beautifully written Historical Fiction novel which was set in a small Irish village from..more
4.5* Who would not wonder about a young child at the age of 11 years who will not eat and hasn’t for some four months, but seems to be flourishing without eating so much as a crumb. Born into the religious O’Donnell family, they all rally around the girl and believe her to be thriving by the special providence of the Almighty. The local Doctor McBrearty residing in the tiny town of Athlone, Ireland knows the family well and is unhappy with the newspapers reports not believing the story by implyi..more
Nov 01, 2016Amalia Gavea rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: european-literature, favorites, ireland, historical-fiction, mystery
'..and besides, we should speak nothing but good of the dead.'
For me, The Wonder was one of the most anticipated novels of the year. It ticked all the right boxes: Ireland, Florence Nightingale's nurses, ambiguous religious issues, provincial superstitions. So, once it knocked on my door, I started reading it immediately.
We find ourselves following Lib, a young, educated nurse, trained by the legend called Florence Nightingale, to beautiful, mystical Ireland and on a strange mission, a few..more
Feb 06, 2017Matthew rated it For me, The Wonder was one of the most anticipated novels of the year. It ticked all the right boxes: Ireland, Florence Nightingale's nurses, ambiguous religious issues, provincial superstitions. So, once it knocked on my door, I started reading it immediately.
We find ourselves following Lib, a young, educated nurse, trained by the legend called Florence Nightingale, to beautiful, mystical Ireland and on a strange mission, a few..more
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liked it · review of another edition Shelves: 2017, historical-fiction, library, gr_awards_2017, audio
Hmmmm . . . well, not too sure about this one. I enjoyed it okay, but it made me uncomfortable and I wasn’t satisfied with the plot progression. I am not sure that I have a great way to explain it other than it is a “feeling” I have.
I actually probably felt more comfortable with the writing in this one than I did with Room and Frog Music and I found myself into the plot much sooner than I did with both of those. But, I just couldn’t get comfortable with what was happening in this story. It reall..more
I actually probably felt more comfortable with the writing in this one than I did with Room and Frog Music and I found myself into the plot much sooner than I did with both of those. But, I just couldn’t get comfortable with what was happening in this story. It reall..more
Nov 03, 2016Linda rated it really liked it
'Everybody was a repository of secrets.'
Emma Donoghue presents the multifaceted story of a young English nurse, Lib Wright, who has been assigned to a remote Irish village. As a well-trained apprentice of the famous Florence Nightingale, Lib has attended to the needs of many a patient, especially those wracked with wounds and eventual death during the Crimean War.
But this patient...This patient is a frail smidge of an eleven year old lass who has not taken food in four months according to her..more
Emma Donoghue presents the multifaceted story of a young English nurse, Lib Wright, who has been assigned to a remote Irish village. As a well-trained apprentice of the famous Florence Nightingale, Lib has attended to the needs of many a patient, especially those wracked with wounds and eventual death during the Crimean War.
But this patient...This patient is a frail smidge of an eleven year old lass who has not taken food in four months according to her..more
3.5★
This story about the investigation into claims of a young Irish Catholic girl living on nothing but water for four months was initially slow to engage me. I think this was because I disliked the main protagonist so strongly.
Town and church officials have hired an outsider to continually monitor the girl-wonder to try and discern the truth. Lib is educated and harshly skeptical, believing she will unlock the mystery quickly to expose a ruse. But there is more going on than she knows and Anna..more
This story about the investigation into claims of a young Irish Catholic girl living on nothing but water for four months was initially slow to engage me. I think this was because I disliked the main protagonist so strongly.
Town and church officials have hired an outsider to continually monitor the girl-wonder to try and discern the truth. Lib is educated and harshly skeptical, believing she will unlock the mystery quickly to expose a ruse. But there is more going on than she knows and Anna..more
Oct 21, 2016Jan rated it liked it · review of another edition
I seem to be on a 'Meh' roll these days..
The beginning started out promising, the last 30 pages were fantastic, but the in between was really slow and boring.
Trained by Florence Nightingale, Nurse Libby is requested to stand 'watch' over a child who has apparently not eaten a thing in 4 months, yet remains alive and vibrant. Between Libby and a nun, they are to take shifts so the child (Abby) is never alone, helping to ensure that this is not a hoax.
Set in a small Irish village where Religion r..more
The beginning started out promising, the last 30 pages were fantastic, but the in between was really slow and boring.
Trained by Florence Nightingale, Nurse Libby is requested to stand 'watch' over a child who has apparently not eaten a thing in 4 months, yet remains alive and vibrant. Between Libby and a nun, they are to take shifts so the child (Abby) is never alone, helping to ensure that this is not a hoax.
Set in a small Irish village where Religion r..more
Nov 27, 2016Julie rated it really liked it
The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue is a 2016 Little, Brown and Company publication.
‘Room’ is the only book I had read by this author before this one. I was so impressed with that novel, I put this on hold at the library, the instant it was released, but by the time it became available, after a whopping two month wait period, I’d already forgotten what the synopsis was, and my interest had waned somewhat.
That, and the very different subject matter, the depressing tone, and the very slow pacing made th..more
‘Room’ is the only book I had read by this author before this one. I was so impressed with that novel, I put this on hold at the library, the instant it was released, but by the time it became available, after a whopping two month wait period, I’d already forgotten what the synopsis was, and my interest had waned somewhat.
That, and the very different subject matter, the depressing tone, and the very slow pacing made th..more
Sep 12, 2016Taryn rated it it was amazing
4.5 Stars. Eleven-year-old Anna O' Donnell insists that she's been living off the manna of heaven for the last four months and no longer needs food to survive. Her parents and community seem to blindly accept the claim. People travel from great distances for a chance to interact with this living miracle. To appease any skeptics, a committee hires two watchers to observe Anna over a two-week period. One of the watchers is Lib Wright, a nurse who worked under Florence Nightingale during the Crimea..more
A very different sort of mystery. Anna O'Donnell has supposedly not eaten for four months when Lib Wright is brought on as a nurse to monitor whether she is actually taking nourishment somehow. Is someone feeding her? Is she truly a religious miracle or is she “hysterical” as one doctor supposes? You quickly get caught up in trying to determine this young girl’s situation. And as Lib’s concerns go from trying to catch her out to worrying about her health, so did my concerns shift.
I found this t..more
Oct 07, 2016Sue rated it really liked it · review of another editionI found this t..more
Shelves: cultural-ireland, kindle-paperwhite, net-galley, adult, historical-fiction, mystery
THE WONDER by bestselling author Emma Donoghue is an example of an excellent piece of storytelling. Donoghue writes convincing and vivid historical fiction. I was drawn into the book right from the beginning. Having loved “THE ROOM”, I was eager to read this novel.
The setting for Emma Donoghue's novel is a small Irish village in the Irish Midlands after the end of the potato famine in Ireland in 1850s rural Ireland. The author really captures a wonderful sense of time and place. Emma Donoghue is..more
The setting for Emma Donoghue's novel is a small Irish village in the Irish Midlands after the end of the potato famine in Ireland in 1850s rural Ireland. The author really captures a wonderful sense of time and place. Emma Donoghue is..more
Nov 14, 2016Maxwell rated it really liked it
'Fate was faceless, life arbitrary, a tale told by an idiot. Except at rare moments such as this one, when one glimpsed a way of wrestling it into a better shape.'
In The Wonder, Emma Donoghue—most notable for her novel Room and film adaptation of the same name—questions human and divine agency. Lib Wright, a nurse trained in the Crimea under Florence Nightingale, is dispatched to central Ireland to watch over a young girl named Anna. For the past four months Anna has allegedly eaten nothing, and..more
In The Wonder, Emma Donoghue—most notable for her novel Room and film adaptation of the same name—questions human and divine agency. Lib Wright, a nurse trained in the Crimea under Florence Nightingale, is dispatched to central Ireland to watch over a young girl named Anna. For the past four months Anna has allegedly eaten nothing, and..more
May 11, 2016Meredith rated it it was amazing
The Wonder is a beautifully written novel that takes place in the mid-nineteenth century in a small Irish village. It’s easily one of my favorite books of 2016.
Nightingale trained English nurse, Lib Wright, is commissioned for a unique charge in Ireland. It is not until she arrives in the village of Athlone that it is revealed that she is there to observe 11-year old Anna O’Donnell who has not eaten for four months. Lib’s job is clear: she is to watch Anna at all times (she shares her shifts wit..more
Nightingale trained English nurse, Lib Wright, is commissioned for a unique charge in Ireland. It is not until she arrives in the village of Athlone that it is revealed that she is there to observe 11-year old Anna O’Donnell who has not eaten for four months. Lib’s job is clear: she is to watch Anna at all times (she shares her shifts wit..more
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Lots of boredom, very little wonder.
The Wonder started off very slow for me. It took too long for Lib (and the reader) to meet Anna. When I first read the summary for this book I couldn't wait to see what Anna would be like. Would she appear healthy? What about her personality? What is this child like that believes..more
Thank you to NetGalley for providing a free ebook copy of The Wonder By: Emma Donoghue in exchange for an honest review.
Short Review Summary:
Lots of boredom, very little wonder.
The Wonder started off very slow for me. It took too long for Lib (and the reader) to meet Anna. When I first read the summary for this book I couldn't wait to see what Anna would be like. Would she appear healthy? What about her personality? What is this child like that believes..more
Sep 13, 2016Jennifer rated it really liked it
Deep in the heart of Ireland, villagers claim to be in the midst of a miracle. Eleven year old Anna O'Donnell is said to have survived for four months without any food any only a few teaspoons of water per day. Pilgrims come in droves to see the devout girl, paying their alms (which fatten the coffers of the local parish).
But is it a miracle, or is it hoax? To substantiate the claims, men from the town choose two women to keep watch over Anna 24 hours a day for 2 weeks to see if she is taking i..more
But is it a miracle, or is it hoax? To substantiate the claims, men from the town choose two women to keep watch over Anna 24 hours a day for 2 weeks to see if she is taking i..more
Oct 09, 2016Peter Boyle rated it liked it · review of another edition
Will Emma Donoghue ever top the success of Room? The Booker-shortlisted, Oscar-generating novel was a huge hit with readers and critics alike. Frog Music, her next effort, didn't quite strike the same chord with audiences and seems underappreciated. I believe The Wonder falls somewhere between the two - a fascinating, flawed and crowd-pleasing story.
The action takes place in the starved and poverty-stricken Irish midlands, a few years after the Great Famine. Lib Wright, an English nurse, has bee..more
The action takes place in the starved and poverty-stricken Irish midlands, a few years after the Great Famine. Lib Wright, an English nurse, has bee..more
Aug 27, 2016Jean Menzies rated it really liked it
I was a little apprehensive to pick up Emma Donoghue’s latest novel. Having previously read two of her other works and absolutely adored both I had high expectations for anything else she wrote. High expectations, can, sometimes be a terrible burden for any book to handle. The Wonder, however, bore my hopes steadfastly throughout my reading experience and assured me that Donoghue’s beautiful prose are here to stay.
The story is set in 1850’s Ireland and follows our protagonist Libby, an Englishwo..more
The story is set in 1850’s Ireland and follows our protagonist Libby, an Englishwo..more
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Mar 02, 2017Melki rated it really liked it Shelves: historical-fiction, emerald-isle, mystery
'She's not exactly ill. Your only duty will be to watch her.'
A British nurse is sent to sit with the marvelous 'fasting girl' who lives in a small town in Ireland. Though it's been four months since young Anna has taken a bite of food, she seems no worse for wear. The villagers are hoping this girl is indeed a miracle, possibly even a candidate for sainthood. Anna herself has become convinced that she is surviving on 'manna from heaven.' Now it's Elizabeth 'Lib' Wright's job to determine if some..more
A British nurse is sent to sit with the marvelous 'fasting girl' who lives in a small town in Ireland. Though it's been four months since young Anna has taken a bite of food, she seems no worse for wear. The villagers are hoping this girl is indeed a miracle, possibly even a candidate for sainthood. Anna herself has become convinced that she is surviving on 'manna from heaven.' Now it's Elizabeth 'Lib' Wright's job to determine if some..more
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Apr 05, 2016Rebecca rated it really liked it Shelves: historical-fiction, best-of-2016, reviewed-for-nudge, mysteries
(Nearly 4.5) A nurse investigates the case of an Irish girl surviving without food for months: miracle or hoax? The novel draws on about 50 historical cases of “Fasting Girls” that occurred in Europe and North America in the 16th to 20th centuries. It sets up a particularly effective contrast between medicine and superstition, that “fug of the ineffable” that so troubles Lib. Donoghue writes convincing and vivid historical fiction, peppering the text with small details about everything from lite..more
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Mar 09, 2017Kelly (and the Book Boar) rated it liked it Shelves: liburrrrrry-book, read-in-2017, book-clubby
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3.5 Stars
“Good nurses follow the rules, but the best know when to break them.”
In a small Irish village, a modern day miracle is occurring . . .
Unfortunately, not one quite as impressive as Cheeto Jesus, but still something worth talking about. According to her family and all casual observers young Anna O’Donnell has not had even a bite to eat for the past four months. Lib Wright has taken on an assignment as Anna’s nurse, but upon..more
3.5 Stars
“Good nurses follow the rules, but the best know when to break them.”
In a small Irish village, a modern day miracle is occurring . . .
Unfortunately, not one quite as impressive as Cheeto Jesus, but still something worth talking about. According to her family and all casual observers young Anna O’Donnell has not had even a bite to eat for the past four months. Lib Wright has taken on an assignment as Anna’s nurse, but upon..more
Oct 13, 2016Erin Clemence rated it really liked it · review of another edition
“The Wonder” is the newest novel by author Emma Donoghue. I could not wait to read this book, and once I met the author at a book signing event, my excitement grew even more.
“The Wonder” takes place in a small community in Ireland, in 1850, when a young, very Catholic (and yes, the “very” is important) eleven year old girl named Anna O’Connor appears to be surviving and thriving after more than four months without food. Attracting tourists and medical professionals alike, the country is abuzz w..more
“The Wonder” takes place in a small community in Ireland, in 1850, when a young, very Catholic (and yes, the “very” is important) eleven year old girl named Anna O’Connor appears to be surviving and thriving after more than four months without food. Attracting tourists and medical professionals alike, the country is abuzz w..more
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Emma is the youngest of eight children of Frances and Denis Donoghue. She attended Catholic convent schools in Dublin, apart from one year in New York at the age of ten. In 1990 she earned a first-class honours BA in English and French from University College Dublin, and in 1997 a PhD (on the concept of friendship between men and women in eighteenth-century English fiction) from the University of..more
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