![]() The course of the pandemic in “The Pull of the Stars” closely mirrors our own - illuminating in particular the lives of healthcare workers under tremendous strain.“I was lucky enough to have an emergency room doctor as my copy editor, a dream situation,” Donoghue said. “I’m focused on ‘Oh, God, which one will I write next?’” (Three novels, two children’s books and a short-story collection.) “The new books are always coming down the highway at me,” she said. She has a hard time remembering how many books she’s published since her 2010 novel “ Room” became an international bestseller. That sensation of hurtling through the story seems to reflect Donoghue’s own creative metabolism. “The Pull of the Stars” moves with the quickness of a thriller, but instead of spies and helicopters there’s nurse Julia Power in an ad hoc maternity ward. It doesn’t feel, though, like a historical novel at all. During our Zoom talk, she pulled a 1910 obstetrics book off the shelf and held its graphic illustrations of difficult births up to the camera to demonstrate what went into her story. It’s like a seagull poking through a garbage can,” Donoghue said cheerfully, her Irish accent worn soft by two decades of living in Canada. ![]() ![]() “I love researching for fictional storylines because you could just look for the interesting stuff. ![]()
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