ABSTRACT
Year of Wonders (Brooks, 2002) tells the story of Anna Frith, a young woman with a husband and two small children living in a small village in rural England in 1665. When her husband Sam is killed in a mining accident, Anna finds it hard to make ends meet. When George Viccars, a quietly spoken journeyman tailor knocks on her door one day looking for lodging, Anna quickly agrees to rent him her attic room for sixpence a week. Anna and George become close and it appears that romance may blossom between them.
