Year+of+Wonders+reviewed+by+Amelia

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__Year of Wonders__ by Geraldine Brooks was an amazing book but I strongly reccommend that you DO NOT read it. This book contains a disturbing amount of disturbing things and goes into extreme detail. Creepy. But it was an amazing book. If you can cope with really gross stuff, really scary stuff, and extreme sadness, then this is the ONLY case that you should read this. This genre is historical fiction. This story is from the eyes of a housemaid named Anna. I really liked Anna and her best friend Elinor, who she serves. I disliked the rector even though he is a good character (most of the time) and I really disliked Anna's dad and her stepmother, who kills her last child that survived the plague. The problem is that the Plague has overtaken Anna's village. She must go wtih the rector and Elinor from door to door helping the dying nd comforting their families. Anna becomes devastated after the loss of her tow young sons- Tom and Jamie. The detail of these people is amazing- the first few cases of the Plague were so in detail I grimaced for about a whole two chapters. read the book to find out what happens.

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