The stars are calling

The New Novel of the Room and The Relative's Successful Writer 1918, the Spanish flu rages in Dublin, Ireland is ravaged by war and epidemic. At the hospital’s obstetrics, Sister Julia Power doesn’t have enough men while pregnant mothers who have caught the horrible virus are quarantined. Two outsiders, dr. Kathleen Lynn, who is allegedly rebel and looking for police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. The three women change each other’s lives over the course of three days. Residents of the scarce, dark obstetrics department are decimated by the epidemic, but in a world full of dread, newborns are given life. Mothers and staff do their job with inexhaustible tenderness, humanity, standing in a situation bordering on the impossible. There is always hope, and there is no horror from which there is no way out - to message with his new novel Emma Donoghue, which has become a classic immediately. "And even after that, someone says that history doesn't repeat itself." - New York Times "Donoghue's Best Novel Since The Room." - Kirkus Emma Donoghue was born in Dublin in 1969, a two-time immigrant: she lived in Cambridge for eight years, where she earned a PhD in 18th-century literature, then moved to London, Canada, where she lives with her French partner and two children. He writes books, plays and screenplays. He was also nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy for the film The Room. His earlier novel with 21st Century Publisher: The Relative (2020). “It was just in time for this brilliant, unassuming reminder that there is room for love and compassion even in the smallest room ... women who give birth, other women who die, and yet it’s all permeated by love - intricate and joyful way. " - Rachel Joyce "A visceral, disturbing, revelatory vision of life, death and love during a pandemic. A breathtaking novel." - Emily St. John Mandel "On the front line of the epidemic, what an heightened emotional state accompanies life and horror - this rushing-paced novel captures this extreme mood in a brilliant way. From this prose, the reader's heart beats and the hair rises on his arm." - Oprah Magazine "It is a spooky reminder of the current global crisis. The Call to the Stars presents an intimate proximity to the world where healthcare workers are risking everything to keep patients alive." - Time "A heart-wrenching portrait of women's lives ... Donoghue formed a heroic story out of this heavy material that is more exciting than a thriller. and we must fight bitterly for them. ... Donoghue's book believes in man, in love, in compassion - not blindly, but contagiously. " - Washington Post