{"product_id":"9781529046199-pull-of-the-stars","title":"The Pull of the Stars","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club Pick and Sunday Times Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eDublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. A small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club Pick, from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eRoom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pull of the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is set during three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Moving, gripping and dazzlingly written' – \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDublin, 1918. In a country doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s regimented world step two outsiders: Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward these women change each other’s lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Pull of the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, Emma Donoghue tells an unforgettable and deeply moving story of love and loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A visceral, harrowing, and revelatory vision of life, death, and love in a time of pandemic. This novel is stunning' – Emily St. John Mandel, author of \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Reads like an episode of \u003ci\u003eCall The Midwife\u003c\/i\u003e set during a pandemic' – \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e's 'Books of the Year'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39333924438113,"sku":"9781529046199","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28925044.jpg?v=1723052321","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529046199-pull-of-the-stars","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}