![]() ![]() ![]() The story centres around three patients who will eventually give birth while suffering from the ravages of influenza. Thankfully Julia is joined by Birdie Sweeney, a volunteer who, although incredibly naive about how the human body functions, is brave and tireless and a quick study who proves her usefulness. Our main character is Julia Power, the lone nurse on the ward tending to incredibly sick women who are about to give birth. ![]() It’s 1918, and the Spanish flu has grabbed hold of the country, leaving death and sorrow. The Pull of the Stars is a novel that takes place over 3 days in a “Maternity/Fever” ward at St. Medieval Italians thought the illness proved that the havens were governing their fates, that people were quite literally star-crossed.” (pg 147). Influenza delle stelle- the influence of the stars. ![]()
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