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Rumpus Book ClubApril 13th, 2012
Elizabeth Bastos: The Last Book I Loved, Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
Based on the true story of an English midland town in the year 1666 that quarantined itself to sweat out the bubonic plague, Geraldine Brooks’ Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague reminds me of the private school campus where I live with my family in the suburbs of Baltimore, the year 2012. We are a small community, and when people get sick other people know it. Our reaction to illness, then, as now, is what is fascinating to me. …more
Editor’s alert: Key plot points of this book are discussed below.
