The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue Book Summary

 

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

Short overview about this book :

In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews).

In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders—Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney.

In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, 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. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work.

In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds..

Book Details :
Isbn : 031649903X
Isbn13 : 9780316499033
Asin :
Page : 320
Author : Emma Donoghue
Book Release : 2021
Original Title : The Pull of the Stars


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4.5 stars

The Pull of the Stars is not a book I would normally pick up. It’s been a while since I've read any historical fiction, but I was completely and utterly swept away by this insular, remarkable story about a nurse working during the peak of the Spanish influenza and the women she attends to over the course of a few days.

The story itself is set mostly in the very intimate environment of one hospital maternity ward, consisting of three beds. At various points throughout the three days these beds are filled and emptied by the pregnant women who pass though, all under Nurse Julia’s care – alongside volunteer Bridie. There’s life, and death, and at all times the omnipotent presence of influenza and war as these women, all from different walks of life, bond together during this terrible period of history. It’s a very well researched piece of writing, with sprinkles of real life historical events and people scattered throughout. There are references to the ‘old baring better than the young’ with regards to the flu, as well as the inclusion of Dr Lynn – a real female doctor who did a lot of campaigning during and after the outbreak and war for better nutrition, housing and sanitation for her fellow citizens in Ireland. She’s a remarkable woman who I had never heard of before, and I’m incredibly grateful to the author for bringing her to my attention.

Within the novel Dr Lynn acts as a guide for Julia, reconfirming her abilities as a nurse and caregiver and giving her the confidence to help her patients within the clinical setting. Bridie, alongside this, brings out the warmer and more compassionate side of Julia. In Bridie she sees someone she could have been had her circumstances been different. A young woman without any medical training, no reading or writing skills, yet she has an innate ability to see right through people and get them to open up about their lives. She opens Julia’s eyes to what many of her patients are going through outside the walls of the hospital. Domestic and emotional abuse, mother and baby houses, rape, child death. All are discussed in relation to the time period and demonstrate just how naïve Julia really is before Bridie steps into her life. The two women are a formidable pairing.

I also really loved just how nuanced the writing is here. Donoghue managed to interweave the Spanish influenza, war and women’s roles in society and make it come alive (and more importantly make me care deeply) all within the course of 300 pages. She drip feeds bits of these real details, such as how influenza gets its name in relation to the stars, and manages to intermingle it with her story. The flu is the influence of the stars, as is love. To star crossed lovers. It’s just stunning. I will admit that at times I did struggle with the writing style. It’s a definite acquired taste, with no speech marks (in my addition, which was a proof copy so don’t hold me to this) often making it difficult to decipher who was talking. However, I soon got used to it as the pacing is so rapid and the story so investing. I also wouldn’t necessarily recommend this if you’re at all squeamish about body and medical interventions. This put me off having any more children for life.

A beautiful story that went in a direction I wasn’t expecting but utterly fell for. A singular moment in time, perfectly captured and explored. I feel the need to read more from Donoghue, as she’s a formidable talent if any of her other historical fiction work is also like this.





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