While retaining her Australian passport, she became an United States citizen in 2002.Ī native of Sydney, Geraldine Brooks grew up in its inner-west suburb of Ashfield, where she attended Bethlehem College, a secondary school for girls, and the University of Sydney.įollowing graduation, she became a rookie reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and, after winning a Greg Shackleton Memorial Scholarship, moved to New York City in the United States, completing a Master's at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1983. Geraldine Brooks s an Australian American journalist and author whose 2005 novel, March, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Raised-Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia.Written with stunning emotional intelligence and introducing "an inspiring heroine" ( Wall Street Journal), Brooks blends love and learning, loss and renewal into a spellbinding and unforgettable read.
Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a village in the rugged hill country of England, Year of Wonders is a richly detailed evocation of a singular moment in history. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe becomes instead annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders." Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition.Īs death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. The Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
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