The Pull of the Stars, published in , 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 influenza pandemic of , which was also the last year of World War I. · The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue is published by Picador (£). To order a copy go to bltadwin.ru Free UK pp over £15Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. · "The Pull of the Stars draws you into a world that is at once expansive and ever so small. Donoghue’s deft ability to climb up and down the ladder of abstraction allows her to reach great heights and heartbreaking lows. It offers the reader a universe to Brand: Little, Brown and Company.
The Pull of the Stars. Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown Company. pp. ISBN Summary. In Dublin, , a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love. In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the. Irish America contributor Tom Deignan interviews writer Emma Donoghue about her new book The Pull of the Stars. Emma Donoghue is an extremely talented author, each of her books are unique and each are gems. In her latest "The Pull of the Stars" she takes us the maternity ward of a Dublin hospital at the height of the Spanish Flu pandemic, so TIMING! This novel is action-packed! It left me breathless several times.
With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds. I. Red. "The Pull of the Stars draws you into a world that is at once expansive and ever so small. Donoghue’s deft ability to climb up and down the ladder of abstraction allows her to reach great heights and heartbreaking lows. It offers the reader a universe to explore, shooting stars and all." Zoomer Magazine. The Pull of the Stars. Harper Avenue, 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
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