The Pull of the Stars

28 November 2020: “I'd never believed the future was inscribed for each of us the day we were born. If anything was written in the stars, it was we who joined those dots, and our lives were the writing.” -Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars

Our little book club was supposed to discuss this novel this weekend, but it looks like that won't happen. I finished it about a week ago and have been thinking about it so much since then. Donoghue turned in the manuscript of this book (about the Great Influenza of 1918) in March 2020. Unbelievable. 

It's an intense book, with an ending that is both devastating and hopeful. I am not sure how I feel about the sentiment quoted above, but it's a lovely idea.