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Now a Netflix film starring Florence Pugh: In this “old-school page turner” (Stephen King New York Times Book Review) by the bestselling author of Room an English nurse is brought to a small Irish village to observe what appears to be a miracle—a girl said to have survived without food for months—and soon finds herself fighting to save the child's life.Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell who believes herself to be living off manna from heaven and a journalist is sent to cover the sensation. Lib Wright a veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign is hired to keep watch over the girl.Written with all the propulsive tension that made Room a huge bestseller The Wonder works beautifully on many levels—a tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives a powerful psychological thriller and a story of love pitted against evil.Acclaim for The Wonder:Deliciously gothic.... Dark and vivid with complicated characters this is a novel that lodges itself deep (USA Today 3/4 stars)Heartbreaking and transcendent (New York Times)A fable as lean and discomfiting as Anna's dwindling body.... Donoghue keeps us riveted (Chicago Tribune)Donoghue poses powerful questions about faith and belief (Newsday)