| Record Number |
837499 |
| ISBN |
9781529055207 |
| Author |
Donoghue, Emma, 1969- author. |
| Title |
The pull of the stars / Emma Donoghue ; read by Emma Lowe. |
| Edition |
MP3 edition ; Unabridged. |
| Publisher/Date |
Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2020] |
| ℗2020 |
| Performer note |
Read by Emma Lowe. |
| Summary Note |
In an Ireland 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. 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 classic story of hope and survival against all odds. |
| Subject |
Orphans -- Fiction |
| Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Ireland -- Fiction |
| Pregnant women -- Fiction |
| Hospitals -- Maternity services -- Fiction |
| Nurses -- Fiction |
| Medical personnel -- Fiction |
| Ireland -- Fiction |
| Medical fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| Audiobooks. |
| Added Author |
Lowe, Emma narrator. |
| Corporate Author |
Macmillan Audio (Firm) |
| Shelf Location |
CD F DONO |
