Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague

from mrstreme

Geraldine Brooks explored the the small village of Eyam, England in her historical novel, Year of Wonders. In 1666, residents in Eyam became inflicted with The Plague and volunteered to quarantine themselves to help stop the spread of the disease. Brooks used this fact to explain the hardships of...

from pokarekareana

Growing up in Derbyshire doesn't do much for your sea legs (being seventy miles from the coast) but it does guarantee numerous school trips and family outings to the village of Eyam; the 'plague village' on whose story this novel is based. Part of me feels sad that it took an Australian-American ...

from LindaLoretz

Geraldine Brooks is an accomplished award-winning author, and she is masterful in Year of Wonders. The story took place in 1666, focusing on the Great Plague of London. Anna Frith, the protagonist, is a housemaid in a small village. Her misfortunes include an abusive father and then being widowed...

from kslade

Well written story of a woman who is a maid in 1066 England in a village that must isolate itself because of the plague. She loses her husband and children but goes on to learn to be a healer and to be more self-reliant. The ending is kind of different but overall it's worthwhile.

from rosalita

I'm majoring in history and geography, so this book by Geraldine Brooks appealed to me when my friend Janet pulled it off the shelf. A Year of Wonders is a fictionalized account of a 17th century English village that reacts to the arrival of the Plague by quarantining itself from the rest of the ...