"In a small Irish village, tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, who is said to have eaten nothing for months. Lib Wright, a veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign, is hired to keep watch over the girl. An educated skeptic, Lib expects to expose the fast as a hoax within days. But the long hours she spends with Anna begin to chip away at her assumptions about the child, the Irish and their faith, and herself. Is Anna a fraud or a "living wonder"? Or is something more sinister unfolding before Lib's very eyes? Written with all the propulsive tension that made Room a worldwide bestseller, The Wonder is at once a psychological thriller about love pitted against evil and the spellbinding story of two strangers--brought together by a dark secret--and the unlikely bond that transforms both of their lives."--Back cover.

Hired to care for a small Irish village girl said to have miraculously survived on nothing but "manna from heaven" for months, a journalist and nurse veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign quickly finds herself fighting to save the child's life.

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-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.

"Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, who is said to be living without food, 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. As Anna's life ebbs away, Lib finds herself responsible not just for the care of a child but for that child's very survival. Haunting and magnetic, The Wonder is a searing examination of doubt, faith, and what nourishes us, body and soul. Written with all the propulsive tension that made Donoghue's Room a huge bestseller, it works beautifully on many levels -- an intimate tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a powerful psychological thriller, and a spellbinding story of love pitted against evil." -- from back cover.

Irlanda, 1840. Anna O'Donnell, una niña de once años, lleva, supuestamente, cuatro meses sin comer. Todos la creen una santa, y recibe visitas a diario. Elizabeth Lib Wright, una joven enfermera, es contratada para vigilarla y otorgar credibilidad al prodigio. Convencida de que se trata de un engaño, Lib se econtrará con que la respuesta no es sencilla ni la que esperaba. La autora de "La habitación" vuelve a ofrecernos una novela brillante, hipnótica y envolvente, que se lee con el corazón en un puño.