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Geraldine Brooks is an award-winning writer and journalist from Sydney, Australia. Soon after graduation, she became a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Work brought her to many countries in crisis across the globe, allowing her to travel to Africa, the Balkans, and the Persian Gulf to report on the news directly at the source.

It was a nonfiction bestseller, informing readers of cultural and religious practices in the Middle East and how these practices affect women. While Brooks wanted to show how some of these practices oppressed Muslim women, she was careful to show readers that Islam was not a misogynistic religion. Instead, she included many positive experiences where Muslim women rejoiced in their faith.

It was inspired by the true story of Eyam, Derbyshire where, despite heavy losses, the town remained secluded in order to protect other villages and cities from the same fate. Year of Wonders follows Anna, a servant girl, as she deals with her dwindling faith and an increased interest in medicinal alchemy. Rather than retelling the story of the beloved four March daughters, Brooks decided to tell the wartime tale of Mr.

March, who remained absent during most of Little Women. It was selected as one of the five best fiction works published in by the Washington Post , and in it won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.