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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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Emma Donoghue ⓘ
awardNomination Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist ⓘ
awardNominationYear 2020 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
featuresHistoricalFigure Kathleen Lynn ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
medical fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Bridie Sweeney ⓘ
Dr. Kathleen Lynn ⓘ
Julia Power ⓘ
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 ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
protagonist Julia Power ⓘ
protagonistOccupation midwife ⓘ
nurse ⓘ
publicationDate 2020 ⓘ
publisher Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
Virago Press ⓘ
publisherImprint Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
Virago ⓘ
settingCountry Ireland ⓘ
settingEvent 1918 influenza pandemic ⓘ
settingLocation Dublin ⓘ
settingTime 1918 ⓘ
targetAudience adult ⓘ

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Emma Donoghue → notableWork → The Pull of the Stars ⓘ
Emma Donoghue → wrote → The Pull of the Stars ⓘ