2021/076: The Pull of the Stars -- Emma Donoghue

2021/076: The Pull of the Stars -- Emma Donoghue

So many rules I was getting used to breaking, bending to an unrecognizable degree, or interpreting in the spirit rather than the letter of the law. Only for the duration, of course, for the foreseeable future, as the posters said. Though I was having trouble foreseeing any future. How would we ever get back to normal after the pandemic? [p. 204]

I came down with something that fortunately wasn't Covid, and The Pull of the Stars -- set in Dublin during the 'Spanish' flu epidemic of 1918 -- was what I chose to read while ill: it gave me a sense of proportion, and a great appreciation for how far medicine has advanced in a century.

( no spoilers )