{"id":12389,"date":"2017-08-18T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T20:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/?p=12389"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:58:02","slug":"spotlight-on-new-fiction-the-wonder-by-emma-donoghue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/uncategorized\/spotlight-on-new-fiction-the-wonder-by-emma-donoghue","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on new fiction: The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12404\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/7937843-room?from_search=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12404 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/08\/7937843-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for more information on Room!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Emma Donoghue is a writer who is best known for her book, &#8220;Room,&#8221; which was made in to a movie in 2016.\u00a0 It won multiple awards, including being nominated for a Best Movie oscar, which is likely due to both the acting and the fact that Donoghue herself adapted the book into a screenplay.\u00a0 While many consider it blasphemous to say that &#8220;the movie is better than the book,&#8221; I will say that both the book and the movie are excellent, and worth checking out (Room is available at Ellis Library, and the movie through MOBIUS).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12405\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28449257-the-wonder?from_search=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12405 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2017\/08\/28449257-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for more information on The Wonder!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Ellis Library now has a copy of Donoghue&#8217;s new book, titled The Wonder.\u00a0 Lib Wright, a nurse mentored by Florence Nightingale, is sent to a small Irish village to investigate the &#8220;wee wonder&#8221; living there, Anna O&#8217;Donnell, who is allegedly living on &#8220;manna from heaven.&#8221;\u00a0 Visitors are flocking to the house to witness this miracle of a child who has had nothing but spoonfuls of water for four months.\u00a0 Libby, along with another nurse, are tasked with watching Anna to make sure she isn&#8217;t sneaking food in somehow, but as Anna&#8217;s conditions worsens, Libby finds it harder and harder to be an objective observer and begins to question her own beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeText10943325541197349106\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Donoghue is a writer who is best known for her book, &#8220;Room,&#8221; 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