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Jul 21, 2020 · In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together.
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The Pull of the Stars is a 2020 novel by Irish novelist Emma Donoghue first published by Little, Brown and by Picador in the UK. The novel was written in 2018–2019, and published earlier than originally planned because it was set in the 1918 influenza pandemic in Dublin, Ireland. All the characters were fictional except Dr Kathleen ...
Jul 21, 2020 · THE PULL OF THE STARS is especially appropriate considering what we're going through now with the Covid-19 pandemic. The novel is set in 1918 Ireland during WWI and the Spanish flu epidemic. Julia Power is a nurse working in a hospital ward for pregnant women who have the flu.
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A historical fiction set in a maternity ward during the Great Flu, where three women face death, love and motherhood. The novel explores the impact of the pandemic, the Irish war and the role of women in society.
A novel about a maternity ward in Dublin during the 1918 flu pandemic, where three women face death, love, and hope. LitLovers provides a summary, author bio, book reviews, and discussion questions for this historical fiction book.
Jul 21, 2020 · Set at a Dublin hospital in the grip of the 1918 flu pandemic, Emma Donoghue’s 11th novel, “The Pull of the Stars,” grimly foreshadows present-day circumstances.
Jul 21, 2020 · The Pull of the Stars: A Novel. Emma Donoghue. Little, Brown, Jul 21, 2020 - Fiction - 304 pages. In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk,...
