Friday, January 14, 2022

The Pull of the Stars -- Emma Donaghue

 A nurse midwife and three days in an Irish hospital at the height of the influenza pandemic. The obstetrics is of the time and is completely authentic. There are forays into the plight of the underclass, and the Irish "terrorists" which add a great deal. Brief female kissing episode actually serves well in the plot, a little shocking but not at all gratuitous. Very well written.

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