![]() ![]() Misery is overwhelming as the author describes the smell of “dung and blood” and carbolic sterilisation in the streets – and the same sense of peril is present on the maternity ward.ĭonohue has a great ability to conjure up images – and this book is certainly topical. The description of the trauma of labour are graphic and makes this a difficult read at times. The fast-paced story follows Nurse Julia Power and regales tragedy, romance and a high death count. The same Dublin is still recovering from the 1916 battles as well as suffering the ongoing effects of WW1 and the conflicting views of those families and friends who have opposing views. The opening chapter paints a grim, almost grotesque image of a rotting city in the midst of the Spanish Flu – fittingly named “The Grip”. ![]() The backdrop of this novel could not be more relevant in a CV19 world as it opens in a 1918 maternity ward of a hospital in a pandemic ridden Dublin. The Pull of the Stars The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue ![]()
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