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  1. 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. 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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  3. The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue Picador, 2020 ISBN:978-1-5290-4615-1 £12.00 The Pull of the Stars is a historical novel described by the author as ‘fiction pinned together with fact’. Against the backdrop of the fallout from the First World War, the setting is a cramped, cold, temporary maternity/fever ward in a Dublin hospital in 1919.

  4. The Pull of the Stars By Emma Donoghue free pdf download. The Pull of the Stars is a captivating novel set in Dublin, Ireland, during the 1918 influenza pandemic. The narrative revolves around Nurse Julia Power, who is working in a city hospital that is understaffed due to the dual crises of war and disease. The story unfolds over three days ...

  5. 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.

  6. Jul 21, 2020 · Books. 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, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews). In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse ...

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  8. Toronto Star: “Emma Donoghue: ‘This was an eerie experience, living through two pandemics at once’” NPR: “1918 Flu Inspired Donoghue's 'Pull Of The Stars' — A Disquieting Pandemic Novel” [audio, 6 minutes] A playlist of songs sung/overheard in The Pull of the Stars, with commentary Discussion questions 1.

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