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The wonder emma donoghue sparknotes6/7/2023 ![]() In Chapter One, Lib Wright is young woman who became a nurse, training under the famed Florence Nightingale, after her husband died. The book ends with Lib and William traveling to Australia with Anna, who is eating again. Lib finally decides to kidnap Anna and make it look like Anna’s remains were burnt up in a fire. The family does not believe Anna’s claims (of molestation) and the local priest blames Anna for being molested. Moreover, Anna is choosing to “fast” and letting people believe it is a miracle because she considers it a sacrifice to save the soul of her recently-deceased brother, who had been molesting her for years. Lib eventually realizes (with the help of William Byrne, a journalist) that Anna was being secretly given food before and is now starving to death. ![]() The one-paragraph version: Nurse Lib Wright travel to Ireland on a two-week assignment to observe Anna O’Donnell, an 11-year-old devoutly religious girl whose parents claim she can live without food. ![]()
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