![]() ![]() ![]() As Eyam is torn apart by the pandemic, Anna is forced to step up to the plate and dedicate her life to helping others. In the novel, we follow Anna Frith, a recently widowed mother of two who's struggling not just with the plague but also with her sense of identity. Based on this true story, Year of Wonders creates a semi-fictionalized narrative to let us experience history firsthand. Unlike most people in other places, who skipped town at the first sign of the disease, the villagers of Eyam stayed put and dealt with it in an attempt to prevent the plague from reaching other villages. In 1665, the plague spread from London to a small village called Eyam. We're talking about Year of Wonders, a novel that explores a bizarre but true story about the Black Plague. No, we're not talking about the latest spinoff of The Walking Dead. ![]() In the aftermath, the survivors band together and struggle to survive. It follows the events in a small town in the countryside that's been struck by a brutal pandemic that upends the social order and turns neighbor against neighbor. There's a book we just have to tell you about. ![]()
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