Cameron B. (cameron55) -
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In 1665 the plague has hit London, so far the villages have escaped the ravages of that disease and then a tailor who travels from London in 1666 who is carrying the plague in his merchandise, Anna Firth was already a widow who lost her husband to the mine, she takes in the tailor because she could use the money, she has after all two children to feed. And then the tailor is dead and then both of her children and then other members of the village. The richest family in the village leaves them to the plague. The minister gets the town to agree to quarantine itself and so become the longest year of Anna's life as people in the town continue to die off. The one thing that keeps her going is her friendship with the minister and his wife. This is the second book of Geraldine Brooks that I have read, the first was "People of the Book". This is a wonderful story, of faith sometimes superstitions as of course the local healing woman get accused of witchcraft but interestingly enough not by the minister. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes historical fiction and anyone who likes a good story.
