Dublin, 1918. 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. 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 the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over the course of three days, these women change each other’s lives in unexpected ways. 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.
In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue tells an unforgettable and deeply moving story of love and loss.
My Review
This book has been on my to-read list since it first came out, but I have only just got around to reading it. It is an absolutely brilliant book that really drew me in. The writing is suburb and the characters were really well fleshed, which is a slightly odd expression but it is true. They were so very real in the telling.
If you are in a bit of a book slump, this novel will certainly pull you out of it.
Buy this book (and I really recommend that you do)
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