These Dublin mothers, scrimping and dishing up for their misters and chisellers, The plight of women, especially poor women, in Ireland is Refrain from shaking hands, laughing, orĬhatting closely together. Places such as cafés, theatres, cinemas, and public houses. There are attempts at social distancing: people waiting for a tram “were far enoughĪpart to be out of coughing range of each other.” Notices offer advice: “The public is urged to stay out of public Works of the hospital” so there are shortages of medical supplies. Shops are closed, people wear masks, and flu victims are “clogging the whole Though the book, written before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, describesĮvents in 1918, readers living through the Covid-19 pandemic will find much Lynn - a medical doctor, Sinn Féin supporter, and social justice activist - also comes to help occasionally. The hospital is desperately short-staffed, Julia is assisted by Bridie Sweeney,Ī young woman with no medical training. Supply room which has been converted into a 3-bed maternity ward/delivery roomįor pregnant women who have the flu. Take place over the course of three days (October 31 – November 2) mostly in a The narrator is Julia Powers, a nurse working in a Dublin hospital
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