![]() ![]() I must say that this book was a slow read. ![]() These aided and drove a fascinating plot. ![]() I loved the historical aspects of this novel: the religious fervor of a small Irish town at the end of the 19th century, the developments in nursing and medical knowledge that came into play, the infuriating world-view of the female sex. But this book is decidedly non-fantasy, though it does carry elements of the fanatical, and there was an element of eeriness, something sinister bordering on supernatural, that pervaded this novel, and had me just as eager and frustrated to solve the mystery of Anna O’Donnell as the main character, Lib, was. This book presented a fascinating mystery: how has little Anna O’Donnell survived four months without food? I was totally enraptured by this enigma, and I even began to wonder if this book of historical fiction might actually need elements of fantasy to pull it off. ![]() There was something very different about – very wrong with – Anna O’Donnell. Other eleven-year-olds knew when they’d eaten and when they hadn’t they were old enough to tell make-believe from fact. Lib is determined to expose the lunacy in the situation- but ends up uncovering something darker than she expects. Summary: Lib, an English nurse at the end of the 19th century, is called to Ireland to observe a miracle: a girl who has not eaten for months. ![]()
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