Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

Book description
When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna’s eyes we follow the story of the plague year, 1666, as her fellow villagers make an extraordinary choice: convinced by a visionary young minister they elect to quarantine themselves within the village boundaries to arrest the spread of the disease. But as death reaches into every household, faith frays. When villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must confront the deaths of family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive, the year of plague becomes instead annus mirabilis a “year of wonders.” Published in 2001, 308 pages.
Description from book jacket

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Discussion questions
Year of Wonders discussion questions from Penguin Reading Guides
A multi-page reading guide for Year of Wonders from the College of Charleston

Additional information
Book Browse has an interview with the author in which she discusses the novel.
Geraldine Brooks’ website

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