Wonder

Wonder Synopsis

Now a major film from the makers ofNormal PeopleandRoom,starring Florence Pugh and streaming on Netflix. SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE FINALIST#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERHeartbreaking and transcendent. The New York TimesFrom the Man Booker Prizeshortlisted author ofRoom and the bestselling novel HavenIn 1850s Ireland a village is baffled by young Anna ODonnells fast. The girl appears to be thriving after months without food, and the story of this wonder has reached fever pitch. Tourists flock to the ODonnell familys cabin, and a journalist is sent to cover the sensational story. Enter Lib, an English nurse trained by Florence Nightingale, who is hired to keep watch over Anna for two weeks to determine whether or not the girl is a fraud. As Anna deteriorates, Lib finds herself responsible not just for the care of a child, but for getting to the root of why the girl may actually be the victim of murder in slow motion.Written with all the spare and propulsive tension that made Room a bestseller, The Wonder is a tale of two strangers who will transform each others lives, a powerful psychological thriller and a story of love pitted against evil in its many masks. Beautifully moody with the taut pace of a thriller, The Wonder grapples with the potency of love, both human and divine. Chatelaine

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