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The Fasting Girls Phenomenon Inspired Florence Pugh’s “The Wonder”

The Wonder. (L to R)  Kla Lord Cassidy as Anna ODonnell, Tom Burke as Will Byrne, Florence Pugh as Lib Wright in The Wonder. Cr. Aidan Monaghan/Netflix  2022

Content warning: This article includes descriptions of eating disorders and disordered relationships with food.

In the new movie “The Wonder,” released in theaters Nov. 2, Florence Pugh stars as an English nurse, Lib Wright, tasked with watching over a young girl named Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy) who allegedly hasn’t eaten in four months. Anna claims that she only receives nourishment through manna from heaven, and Lib struggles as she watches the health of her young charge deteriorate as…


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