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  1. The Pull of the Stars. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.

  2. The Pull of the Stars. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.

  3. This Study Guide consists of approximately 50 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Pull of the Stars.

  4. Jul 21, 2020 · The novel has no quotation marks around speech, so Julia’s thoughts and spoken words blur into each other. “I wanted to create a really kind of trippy atmosphere, where the whole thing...

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    The book is set in Dublin, in the early 20th century, where the first world war is coming to an end but an influenza outbreak is causing havoc. The story follows Nurse Julia Power in 1918 as she works at an understaffed hospital in Dublin’s city centre. It is her responsibility to care for the expectant mothers who have come down with the flu as th...

    I loved this book. Emma Donoghue has a real talent for entwining harrowing and devastating details with hope and tenderness. It’s so beautifully written and I loved how it was poetic in places yet completely blunt in others as the author detailed the gruesome details of obstetric complications. There are no speech marks throughout but I didn’t find...

    I would definitely recommend reading Roomby Emma Donoghue as I found that to be another impactful read. If you’re interested in reading another book about brave nurses, I’d highly recommend reading The Women by Kristin Hannah.

  5. Important Quotes. “The spectre had a dozen names: the great flu, khaki flu, blue flu, black flu, the grippe, or the grip…. (That word always made me think of a heavy hand landing on one’s shoulder and gripping it hard.) The malady, some called it euphemistically.

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  7. Jul 20, 2020 · 'The Pull Of The Stars' Review: Emma Donoghue's Disquieting Pandemic Novel Set in a Dublin maternity ward in 1918, the novel captures a city devastated by a pandemic. By diving into the...

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