The Wonder

I'd only ever read Donoghue's Room before and this was very, very different. A slow and humble read but with undeniably horrific undertones. We follow Lib who is employed to watch over (spy upon) Anna, the presumed miracle child who does not need to eat. Lib is a Nightingale with the horrors of the Crimean War locked behind her tweed uniform. As they grow closer Lib tries to find out the truth, is Anna a saint in the making or is some trickery abroad?
The novel draws you gently in then refuses to let you go. I was, with Lib, quite unsure and desperate to know what was going on. Donoghue did not disappoint, keeping me gripped to the very last page.