It takes place over only a few days and barely moves outside of the single room in which Nurse Julia Power cares for those who are pregnant and in quarantine. It's a book that goes a lot deeper than you may first expect. The Pull of the Stars is set in Ireland in 1918. Because I keep reading these books that were written pre-COVID and pandemics seem to be stalking me.Īnyway, I really liked this understated exploration of healthcare, illness, maternity, and all kinds of power abuses.
Serious question: were there always this many books about pandemics? Is this like one of those things where you learn about something you'd never heard of before and then, suddenly, it's EVERYWHERE. Here we are in the golden age of medicine- making such great strides against rabies, typhoid fever, diphtheria- and a common or garden influenza is beating us hollow.
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