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Book Review of Year of Wonders

Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders
Author: Geraldine Brooks
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


This book is well written and gives a hint of what life may have been like during a terrible time of plague. It's not an easy read, because of the content, but it is a good read. I like history, so was fascinated by some of the details and some of the attitudes in the book. It's based on an actual event in history, when a small village cuts itself off from the surrounding countryside, after discovering black plague in the village.
Although they didn't know how plague spread, they knew it did and so tried to prevent it from spreading across the entire countryside by the isolation of the village. A most interesting book.