Pull of the Stars | 
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My highest ranked book of January was The Pull of the Stars. Unfortunately I can‘t remember enough about it to tell you why. I just remember reading it all at once- one of those books where once I started I couldn‘t stop. I‘ll have to put it on my re-read list.
so-soThis was engrossing until...i don't know. It felt like the plot took a series of obvious lazy twists. I wouldn't not recommend it--I think I spoiled myself for a lot of current fiction by studying creative writing in school.
pickThis author sure knows how to grab your attention and hold on tight! Same author who wrote the book “Room”. This book takes place during 1918s influenza pandemic in Dublin .. at a maternity ward. So good .. but so heartbreaking 🥺🥰 .. highly recommend!!!
pickWow! What a great, compelling read! Emma Donoghue‘s novel spans just 3 days of 1918 in a maternity room for women with influenza. It is powerful as a historical novel but also so timely. The character-building is beautifully done, often few words.
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This book takes place during the Spanish Flu Epidemic 1918 in Dublin in a large hospital that has maternity and flu patients mixed together. It takes place over 3 days and the writing is so good that you get invested in the characters who are well-developed. The book reminded me of Call The Midwife. I would have to say that it is Donoghue‘s best book so far. If you enjoy emotional reads, then you will enjoy this.
pickThis is one of my -I bought this because the ebook only cost 1,99€- purchases, but I loved it! It reminded me a lot of Call the Midwife. It‘s about a midwife working in a ward during the Spanish Flu pandemic in Dublin. Reading about the circumstances of Irish women moved and shocked me.
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pickA moving novel about a Dublin midwife working in a large hospital during the 1917 Spanish flu epidemic: unintentionally apropos given the current epidemic. I love Donoghue‘s writing: this wasn‘t as intense as some of her other work but didn‘t disappoint. Great insights into issues including medical history, politics and process of childbirth, institutionalization of the marginalized, and a bit about the Irish uprising.
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Look what came today, @catiewithac ❤️🎄
Thank you so much! I‘ve been wanting this book ever since I gifted it to someone else in an earlier swap, and I adore the bookmark. Your wrapping was lovely, and I‘m brewing some tea right now.
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Happy holidays!
pickAnother wonderful book by Emma Donoghue. Dublin, 1918, the Great Epidemic. A nurse cares for her patients (pregnant women with influenza) over the course of three days. It‘s a quiet tale, for all the potential action in the setting; but Donoghue‘s prose is so compelling and moving, you become invested in these women. Loved it.
pickI enjoyed this audiobook - great narration, great pacing, and an intense emotional core. I thoroughly enjoyed the medical detail from the time period and the main character, Julia Power, had me enthralled. Personality, strength, compassion, and drive personified. Highly recommended!
so-soDublin, 1918. A maternity/influenza ward. 3 women fight to deliver babies and keep women alive. Recommended for those interested in medical history or medical shows, but not for literary fiction fans.
New Emma Donoghue AND new Tana French books in the same year??? Can I get a new Sarah Waters too to make up for this shit storm?
