The Wonder by Emma Donoghue was published quite a while ago, and it’s a book I’d been meaning to read at the time. With the adaptation of The Wonder coming out soon (starring Florence Pugh!), I felt it was now-or-never since I tend not to go back and read books after I’ve seen the movie …
Chapter One: Nurse Chapter Two: Watch Chapter Three: Fast Chapter Four: Vigil Chapter Five: Shift Epilogue Chapter One: Nurse Nurse Elizabeth “Lib” Wright, a young Englishwoman of “not yet thirty”, travels from London to Liverpool to begin a well-paid, two-week long position as a private nurse for the O’Donnell family. A driver picks her up …
I have to admit I mostly noticed this book because I liked the cover so much. The jaunty script, retro styling and the simplistic yet warm feeling of it totally drew me in. It helps that the book got decent reviews as well, but yeah it was partially the cover, haha. Anyway, I’ve been wanting …
Part One Part Two Note: I’ve added some section headings in parenthesis to help navigate the summary, but these don’t appear in the book. Part One: MEET NEW PEOPLE AND TRY NEW THINGS Chapters 1 – 4 (Introducing Coopers Chase and the Thursday Night Murder Club) Joyce Meadowcroft, Elizabeth, Ron Ritchie and Ibrahim Arif are …
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr is a book for people who love books and storytelling. It jumps back and forth chronologically, following a few sets of characters in different time periods to tell a cohesive story that links all of them together. Anna is an orphan living in Constantinople in the 1400’s. Omeir is …
