The Pull of the Stars

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The Pull of the Stars is a historical novel by Emma Donoghue set in a Dublin maternity ward during the 1918 influenza pandemic, exploring themes of illness, motherhood, and social upheaval.

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instanceOf historical novel
novel
author Emma Donoghue NERFINISHED
awardNomination Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist NERFINISHED
awardNominationYear 2020
countryOfOrigin Ireland
featuresHistoricalFigure Kathleen Lynn NERFINISHED
genre historical fiction
medical fiction
hasCharacter Bridie Sweeney NERFINISHED
Dr. Kathleen Lynn NERFINISHED
Julia Power NERFINISHED
hasISBN 978-0-316-49904-1
hasSubject Irish history
World War I aftermath
childbirth
nursing
language English
literaryForm prose
mainTheme class inequality
illness
motherhood
public health
social upheaval
war and its aftermath
women’s work
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor depiction of the 1918 flu pandemic in Ireland
focus on a maternity ward during a pandemic
parallels with the COVID-19 pandemic
originalMediaType print
pageCount approximately 300
placeOfFirstPublication Ireland NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
protagonist Julia Power NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation midwife
nurse
publicationDate 2020
publisher Little, Brown and Company
Virago Press NERFINISHED
publisherImprint Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED
Virago NERFINISHED
settingCountry Ireland NERFINISHED
settingEvent 1918 influenza pandemic
settingLocation Dublin NERFINISHED
settingTime 1918
targetAudience adult

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Emma Donoghue wrote The Pull of the Stars