The Pull of the Stars
The Pull of the Stars

Author: Emma Donoghue

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2020-07-21

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0316499048

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In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews). In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders—Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over 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. In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds.

The Awakening
The Awakening

Author: Jett Olivia Watson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-09-19

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1462037739

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Angelica Benton was always told by her beloved aunt that she could be anything she wanted to be. Barely an adult when her aunt dies, Angelica is left alone in the world. But in the blink of an eye, an unearthly experience propels her into a life-altering adventure. After Angelica finds a mysterious book in her mailbox, she reads it over and over again. Intrigued by the tale about a council of six spirits that once lived as humans on Earth, Angelica is soon visited by the same spirits who force her to make a decisionjoin them or die. Through their guidance, Angelica discovers she has unused abilities that allow her to cast spells and protect her own life. As she embarks on a journey to a new beginning, she befriends a coven of witches and falls in love with a demon. Only time will tell what she must sacrifice for her love. In this fantasy tale, unexpected phenomena soon lead Angelica to a startling discovery. Now, the only question that remains is whether she will live long enough to learn the truth.