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  1. www.supersummary.com › the-pull-of-the-stars › summaryThe Pull of the Stars Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummary

    Overview. The Pull of the Stars, published in 2020, is a work of historical fiction by Emma Donoghue, an Irish Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. The novel was longlisted for the Giller Prize. Told from the first-person point of view of protagonist Julia Power, the story is set at an Ireland hospital during the ...

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  2. www.npr.org › 2020/07/20 › 8922796581918 Flu Inspired Donoghue's 'Pull Of The Stars' — A ... - NPR

    Jul 20, 2020 · 'The Pull Of The Stars' Review: ... July 20, 2020 12:18 PM ET. ... The mortality rate for flu victims during and after labor is sky high, but Julia also observes there's another contributing cause ...

  3. www.bookrags.com › studyguide-the-pull-of-the-starsThe Pull of the Stars Summary & Study Guide - BookRags.com

    The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Donoghue, Emma. The Pull of the Stars. Harper Avenue, 2020. Donoghue divides the novel into four sections: Red, Brown, Blue, and Black which depict three days in the life of narrator, Julia Power. In “Red,” midwife Julia goes to work at a Dublin hospital on October 31st 1918.

  4. www.emmadonoghue.com › books › novelsThe Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue

    The Pull of the Stars. The Pull of the Stars (New York: Little Brown; Toronto: HarperCollins Canada; London: Picador, 2020). Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. A small world of work, risk, death and unlooked-for love. In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an ...

  5. www.cplma.ca › media › ozkkcnyfBook Club in a Bag, Discussion Guide

    Book Club in a Bag Discussion Questions. The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue. 1. According to the authors note, Emma Donoghue began this story in 2018, and delivered the final draft in March 2020. Her publishers fast tracked the release of the book.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Pull_of_the_StarsThe Pull of the Stars - Wikipedia

    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. [1][2][3] 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 ...

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  8. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue - Goodreads

    Jul 21, 2020 · The Pull of the Stars is Emma Donoghue's newest release, eerily relevant to today. We follow Nurse Julia Powers in the midst of the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 Ireland. She works at an overcapacity hospital in the maternity ward, and we see her both bring life into the world and struggle against the pull of the stars-the merciless influenza ...