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    Years of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague (Paperback) By (author) Geraldine Brooks

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    Short Description for Years of WondersIn 1666, a young woman comes of age during an extraordinary year of love and death. Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a "plague village" in the rugged hill country of England, "Year of Wonders" is a richly detailed evocation of a singular moment in history, written by the author of "Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women."
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    Fiona The year is 1666 and the tell tale signs of the plague start to creep through the town of Eyam, Derbyshire. To limit the spread of the disease the town goes into self-imposed quarantine. Housemaid Anna Frith takes on the essential role of healer and listener to the sick. Working unceasingly to cure their ills she's faced with death and destruction of human decency. As the death toll creeps higher to the point were for every one person walking the earth there are two buried below it - the townspeople are at their wits end, driven mad with isolation and suspicion. For a subject as dark and cruel as the plague, Brooks has a lyrical and almost beautiful manner of expressing the growing unease. While the book is essentially about death, it is incredibly readable and balanced out with small moments of joy and hope. The reader can find solace in Anna Frith's growing confidence in her role as a healer. Brooks captures the period with deft skill, melding historical fact with a gripping storyline. Though the story suddenly changes pace in the final quarter of the book, it was almost as if Brooks was trying to reel in the many threads of the storyline to neatly fit into the one year period. There is also an unnecessary epilogue, which while a fabulous and quirky ending, could have been much better explored in a sequel. Overall "Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague" is well worth reading. by Fiona

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