What does this mean?Highlights
Quality
She is proud to be in charge of her own ward, but troubled that she is by herself with pregnant mothers that are sick with the “grippe.
It is literally filled with action, but it’s mostly happening in one tiny room (closet, really) where pregnant women who are al... Read More
Many of the medical scenarios depicted are vividly bloody, appalling and definitely not for the fainthearted.
The pull of the stars is especially appropriate considering what we're going through now with the covid-19 pandemic.
Shipping
It was fast paced, even though the chapters were long.
Packaging/appearance
“at the sink, i scoured my hands so hard, the nailbrush left red lines on my skin and the carbolic burnt.
Competitiveness
”“so, i carried him along through streets that looked like the end of the world.
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pandemic, novel and three. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 503 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 1 2021.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Additional elements highlight other consequences of the era and the main characters relationships outside of the main plot
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Considering the snippet covered in this novel versus the actual length of this time in history and the years of continued consequences is where the real horror resides
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Just a few months ago this would have been a completely different read
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
With tireless tenderness and humanity carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In terms of historical medical novels you might also like the work of sara donati
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A heartbreakingly graphic depiction of an irish plague ward during the 1918 influenza pandemic told over a few days and mostly in one narrow chamber a familiar constraint for room author emma donoghue for patients who are both infected and pregnant
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