![]() But then after I delivered it at the start of March, my publishers suddenly said, "You know what, it's about a pandemic, it seems more relevant to the conversation this year." So they rushed it out. Um, I wrote the novel in 2018, sold it in 2019, and it was scheduled to be published in 2021. In fact, I feel distinctly sheepish about to be honest. I have to ask the obvious question, which is- You have now released a pandemic novel, at a time when we are in a pandemic, and I assume that was never something you thought you would be doing. Thank you very much for being with us, what a great pleasure. It is a great pleasure to welcome Emma Donoghue to this week's Book Show. Emma Donoghue is the author of several novels including "Akin", "Landing", "The Wonder", and the international best-seller "Room", in which her screen adaptation was nominated for four Academy Awards. ![]() Over three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected and profound ways. ![]() Kathleen Lin, a rumored Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. Into Julia's regimented world steps two outsiders: Dr. ![]() ![]() With the country doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center where expecting mothers who have come down with influenza are quarantined together. Joe Donahue: Emma Donoghue's new novel "The Pull of the Stars", brings us to Dublin 1918, in a maternity ward at the height of the great flu. ![]()
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