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MARC 21

The pull of the stars
Tag	Description
020	$a9781529046168
082	$aAF DON
100	$aDonoghue, Emma,$eauthor.
245	$aThe pull of the stars
260	$a[S.l.] :$bPICADOR,$c2020
300	$a294 pages ;$c24 cm.
504	$aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	$aThis is an unforgettable and deeply moving story of love and loss. Dublin, 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. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over the course of 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.
650	$aInfluenza Epidemic, 1918-1919$zIreland$zDublin$vFiction.
650	$aHistorical fiction.
650	$aMedical personnel
650	$aHospitals$xMaternity services
650	$aOrphans
650	$aPregnant women
650	$aEpidemics