What is The Wonder about?

The Wonder is inspired by numerous European and North American cases of ‘fasting girls’ between the 16th and 20th centuries.

Set in the Irish Midlands circa 1862, the story follows an English nurse called Lib Wright who goes to a rural village to observe what some view as a medical anomaly, while locals consider it a miracle: an 11-year-old girl who has survived without food for months.

As tourists flock to the cabin of the 11-year-old to witness the bizarre occurrence, a journalist is sent to cover the sensation. Will he, along with the nurse, get to the bottom of what is really happening?

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