Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, who believes herself to be living off manna from heaven, and a journalist is sent to cover the sensation. Lib Wright, a veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign, is hired to keep watch over the girl. Written with all the propulsive tension that made Room a huge bestseller, works beautifully on many levels — a tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a powerful psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil. Acclaim for : "Deliciously gothic.... Dark and vivid, with complicated characters, this is a novel that lodges itself deep" ( , 3/4 stars) "Heartbreaking and transcendent"( ) "A fable as lean and discomfiting as Anna's dwindling body.... Donoghue keeps us riveted" ( ) "Donoghue poses powerful questions about faith and belief" ( )