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   Jul 21, 2020 · All the stars! I finished The Pull of the Stars over last weekend, a buddy read with my dear friend, @bibliobeth. We gobbled this book up. At 304 pages, and taking place over only 3 days, this book is something, and I mean something remarkable. The Pull of the Stars makes my second book I’ve read about the 1918 influenza pandemic in the last ...

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2. www.independent.com › 2023/01/03 › review-the-pullReview | ‘The Pull of the Stars’ by Emma Donoghue

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   Jan 3, 2023 · The great triumph of The Pull of the Stars is Donoghue’s careful description of the minute-to-minute life of a nurse fighting to save the lives of her patients. It’s gruesome going at times, but the action is never less than gripping. Moreover, despite the fact that book was composed before our own version of the plague, The Pull of the ...

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   Jul 21, 2020 · Try again. 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 who ...

   • 4.3/5 (13K)

   • Author: Emma Donoghue

4. www.amazon.ca › Pull-Stars-Novel-Emma-Donoghue › dpThe Pull of the Stars: A Novel Paperback - Amazon.ca

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   Jul 6, 2021 · The story takes place in an understaffed hospital in the city center in Ireland during the war and the flu pandemic, on a newly formed maternity ward for pregnant women with the flu. We learn how medicine was practiced at the time. It is quite an eye opener. It is also about love and loss in the time of war and pandemic.

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   • Author: Emma Donoghue
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   Jul 21, 2020 · The Pull of the Stars. Hardcover – Large Print, July 21 2020. by Emma Donoghue (Author) 4.3 12,762 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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 ...

   • 4.3/5 (12.8K)

   • Author: Emma Donoghue

6. www.npr.org › 2020/07/20 › 892279658'The Pull Of The Stars' Review: Emma Donoghue's Disquieting ...

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   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 terrors of ...

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   How many pages are in the pull of the stars?

   • At 304 pages, and taking place over only 3 days, this book is something, and I mean something remarkable. The Pull of the Stars makes my second book I’ve read about the 1918 influenza pandemic in the last month. On a related note, Emma Donoghue began writing the book in 2018 for the 100 year anniversary of the pandemic.

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   Is the pull of the Stars a good book?

   • The Pull of the Stars is an exceptional read. Brutal, but not without the essentials of compassion and dedication. And the profound reality is that humanity rises up, time and time again, for another day. I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review.

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   What is Emma Donoghue's 'the pull of the Stars' about?

   • 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.

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   Are there speech marks in the pull of the stars?

   • There are no speech marks. 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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   Why is the pull of the stars called 'the pull of the stars'?

   • The novel’s title comes from the ancient belief that epidemics were caused by the influence of the stars. And the four sections of The Pull of the Stars — Red, Brown, Blue, and Black — represent the colors of the face in an influenza patient. As Julia explains, “it starts with a light red you might mistake for a healthy flush.

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   What do the four sections of the pull of the stars represent?

   • And the four sections of The Pull of the Stars — Red, Brown, Blue, and Black — represent the colors of the face in an influenza patient. As Julia explains, “it starts with a light red you might mistake for a healthy flush. If the patient gets worse, her cheeks go rather mahogany.”

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   Jul 21, 2020 · THE PULL OF THE STARS is Donoghue’s thirteenth novel (and seventeenth book of fiction), she is also a playwright. As a former R.N. myself, I was amazed and awed at the obvious medical research Donoghue must have done to pull off such an effortless and sustaining read, teaching me many things about> historical medicine and midwifery.

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