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Jul 21, 2020 · Dublin, 1918, the world is being ravaged by the Spanish flu, influenza. Men are returning from the war, damaged, changed. Julia is an almost thirty, single woman, living with her brother who cannot or will not speak. She is also a nurse, which is one of the only decent employment available to women.
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Sep 15, 2020 · This time, the book is The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue. I’m planning to post a standard review of it some time in the near future; this post is for discussion prompts only. Update: here’s that review. As always, please feel free to use these questions in your own book clubs, and be aware that they do include spoilers.
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.
Suggested book and reading club discussion questions for The Pull of the Stars.
The Pull of the Stars is Donoghue’s thirteenth novel (and seventeenth book of fiction). On publication it became a #1 bestseller in Ireland and Canada - staying on Canadian bestseller lists for eight months - and made the New York Times list as well as the Sunday Times list (UK) as well.
Pull of the Stars. In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews). In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers ...
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Jul 21, 2020 · The first half of the book, set in gore-drenched hospital wards, mildewed dorm rooms, and boozy officers’ clubs, is an exciting read, tracking the transformation of virginal, uptight Frankie into a crack surgical nurse and woman of the world.
