' The Pull of the Stars has a fever dream-like quality. 'A visceral, harrowing, and revelatory vision of life, death, and love in a time of pandemic. Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 9781529046199 Number of pages: 304 Weight: 218 g Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 25 mm MEDIA REVIEWS In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue tells an unforgettable and deeply moving story of love and loss.įrom the bestselling author of The Wonder and Room. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over the course of three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders: Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In a country doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar flu are quarantined together. The old world dying on its feet, a new one struggling to be born. Longlisted for the Polari Book Prize 2021
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