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     • 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.
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   What happens in the pull of the stars?

   • They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. The Pull of the Stars is Donoghue’s thirteenth novel (and seventeenth book of fiction).

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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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   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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   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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   When does 'the pull of the stars' come out?

   • Donoghue's theatrical adaptation of The Pull of the Stars premiered at Dublin's Gate Theatre in April-May 2024. A personal note: I began this novel in October 2018, inspired by the centenary of the Great Flu of 1918-19, and I delivered the final draft to my publishers in March 2020, two days before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.

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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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3. www.supersummary.com › the-pull-of-the-stars › summaryThe Pull of the Stars Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummary

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   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.

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   Jul 21, 2020 · 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 have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together.

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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.

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   The Pull of the Stars (New York: Little Brown; Toronto: HarperCollins Canada; London: Picador, 2020). 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.

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   Jul 20, 2020 · 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. Julia works in a supply room that's...

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   What is 'The Pull of the Stars' about? The novel is set in a Dublin maternity ward during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and follows Nurse Julia Power as she cares for expectant mothers during this tumultuous time.

10. 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.