![]() ![]() ![]() Trying, against horrendous odds, to deliver healthy living babies. It was a surprisingly emotional journey following Julia through her day as a nurse, trying to keep fevers down and despair at bay. 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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