by Emma Donoghue · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781509818389
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«The Wonder» is the psychological suspense novel by Emma Donoghue, published by Picador in paperback (291 pages, in English).
Set in 1850s Ireland, it tells the story of an eleven-year-old girl who stops eating but remains alive, attracting a nurse sent to investigate whether it is a fraud and a journalist eager for a story. Inspired by real cases of «fasting girls» from the 16th to the 20th century, it presents a tense duel between faith, science and love.
Originally published in 2016, it was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Goodreads Choice Award for historical fiction, among other recognitions.
Recommended for reading clubs, as it combines historical drama, psychological suspense and moral dilemmas that invite debate.
Emma Donoghue is an Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Room was adapted by Donoghue into a film of the same name. For this, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2025, Donoghue won the coveted Alice B Readers Award given annually to living writers of published works whose careers are distinguished by consistently well-written works about lesbians.
