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The Pull of the Stars. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.
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The Pull of the Stars. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.
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The book is set in Dublin, in the early 20th century, where the first world war is coming to an end but an influenza outbreak is causing havoc. The story follows Nurse Julia Power in 1918 as she works at an understaffed hospital in Dublin’s city centre. It is her responsibility to care for the expectant mothers who have come down with the flu as th...
I loved this book. Emma Donoghue has a real talent for entwining harrowing and devastating details with hope and tenderness. It’s so beautifully written and I loved how it was poetic in places yet completely blunt in others as the author detailed the gruesome details of obstetric complications. There are no speech marks throughout but I didn’t find...
I would definitely recommend reading Roomby Emma Donoghue as I found that to be another impactful read. If you’re interested in reading another book about brave nurses, I’d highly recommend reading The Women by Kristin Hannah.
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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.
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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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.