Secular Book Club - October 2026 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
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CFI WNY Secular Book Club's next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, 2026. This quarter's selection will be fiction.
We will be reading Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (2001)
About the Book:
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. 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. As 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. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe becomes instead annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders."
Learn more about Secular Book Club at https://cfiwny.org/secular-book-club/
We will be reading Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (2001)
About the Book:
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. 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. As 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. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe becomes instead annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders."
Learn more about Secular Book Club at https://cfiwny.org/secular-book-club/
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