I LOVED this book. I could not put it down and finished it in 2 days, sometimes (gasp) ignoring the children a bit so I could get in a chapter or two.
The book describes the 17th-century plague that is carried from London to a small village by an unknowing tailor on a bolt of cloth. The result: the villagers, one by one, become infected and begin to die. The minister of the village boldly declares that in order to spare surrounding villages from contracting the plague, the people should stay to contain the disease and prevent it from spreading further.
The book focuses on one villager, Anna Firth, a housemaid, and her growth and determination through it all.
READ IT!! It was great.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks
Posted by Becky at 11:36 AM
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That one sounds good! I will have to check it out!
I read it, and loved it. The ending was a little anticlimatic but still loved it.
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