The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

The Pull of the Stars by Emma DonoghueFrom the international bestselling author of Room. 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

In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease

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When Emperor Haile Selassie goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope

And in the mother-and-baby homes

But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy's rowboat

Mr Gray is a very serious man

glory and greatness

This lovely new story is a wonderful companion to the classic picture-book Guess How Much I Love You

comes another incredible story

A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon violent men

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