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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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   Is the pull of the Stars a good book?

   • The Pull of the Stars was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, a Barnes & Noble Book Club choice, a Reader's Digest Book Club Pick and an Australian Women's Weekly Book Club Pick as well as an Oprah Magazine Best Book of Summer 2020 and a Guardian, Telegraph, NPR, CBC, Globe and Mail, Cosmopolitan and Chapters Indigo Best Book of 2020.

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   What is the story behind the pull of the stars?

   • The Pull of the Stars tells the story of three women — a nurse, a doctor and an activist — in war-ravaged Ireland during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. Emma Donoghue spoke with Dr. Brian Goldman, host of White Coat Black Art, about the inspiration for the novel.

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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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   What is the setting of the pull of the stars?

   • 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.

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   Who is Julia power in the pull of the stars?

   • The "fourth wall" of fiction is broken here for readers: The pandemic spreads out beyond the pages of Donoghue's novel into whatever rooms we are quarantined in. The main character of The Pull of the Stars is Julia Power, a nurse midwife, about to turn 30, who shares a flat with her shell-shocked younger brother.

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   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.

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   Jul 21, 2020 · 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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   Jul 6, 2020 · The Pull of the Stars is on the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. Emma Donoghue is an Irish Canadian writer. Her books include the novels Landing, Room, Frog Music, The Wonder and the ...

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   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.

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   Jul 21, 2020 · The Pull of the Stars. : 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,...

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   Jul 20, 2020 · Emma Donoghue Helps Kids Deal With Dementia (And Still Has Fun) In 'The Lotterys' The main character of The Pull of the Stars is Julia Power, a nurse midwife, about to turn 30, who shares a...

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   The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue. CITY LIBRARY BOOK CLUB READING GUIDE. About the book. 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, by the bestselling author of The Wonder and Room.