Journal Entry 1 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, June 17, 2006

From the back cover:
When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the plague year, 1666, as her fellow villagers make an extraordinary choice: convinced by a visionary young minister they elect to quarantine themselves within the village boundaries to arrest the spread of the disease. But as death reaches into every household, faith frays. When villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must confront the deaths of family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive, a year of plague becomes instead annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders." 

Journal Entry 2 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Sunday, July 16, 2006

This was an absolutely fascinating book. Taking the historical account of an actual village that was hit by the plague and made the decision to "lock up" the village to help contain the plague, Brooks shows what could happen to people when faced by such a gruesome experience. How can you go on living when you see so many people around you dying, when your own family dies and you are the only one left? What happens to your faith in God? Can you make a new life for yourself when it is all over? These are the questions that Anna struggles with throughout the book. Her character is very real and very human and I suffered along with her while reading her story. 

Journal Entry 3 by karendawn at Book Swap in BookRelay.Com, Bookrelay -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (7/19/2006 UTC) at Book Swap in BookRelay.Com, Bookrelay -- Controlled Releases

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off to Ace who picked this up in Historical Fiction Swap #3 on BookRelay 

Journal Entry 4 by AceofHearts from Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, July 26, 2006

received today 

Journal Entry 5 by AceofHearts from Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, September 27, 2006

An absolutely spell-binding book!! Anna is a wonderfully independent intelligent peasant women in a town quarantined by the plague. How she changes as people around her die and people's baser selfs are revealed is interesting. What really astounded me was in the Afterword: That between 1,000 to3,000 cases of the plague are reported every year.WOW 

Journal Entry 6 by AceofHearts from Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Sunday, November 19, 2006

mailed tody to Cougmax who won this in a HIstorical Fiction Swap