First of all, thank you to BookishFirst and @berkleypub for the advanced copy I won. I was anxious to read this one as soon as I read a little piece of it.
This story takes place in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918. Not something I knew much about but Susan Meissner made you feel like you were there. Her descriptions made you see it and when out in my daily life, when I heard coughing I flinched as I was living this book.
This is a story of hope, love and surviving tragedy. You first meet the Bright family as they suffer a tragic loss and decide to go live with an uncle in the city. The dad is to learn the undertaking trade. The three daughters aren't so sure about this but they adjust along with mom and life starts OK until the flu hits. You can picture how awful it was and what everyone endured. The story does move on from there and they adjust to live again and to loving.
One of the parts that stayed with me is a reference to how we are like butterflies and on earth for only a brilliant moment. I loved that sentiment.
Look this book up and give it a read. You will be touched.
This story takes place in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918. Not something I knew much about but Susan Meissner made you feel like you were there. Her descriptions made you see it and when out in my daily life, when I heard coughing I flinched as I was living this book.
This is a story of hope, love and surviving tragedy. You first meet the Bright family as they suffer a tragic loss and decide to go live with an uncle in the city. The dad is to learn the undertaking trade. The three daughters aren't so sure about this but they adjust along with mom and life starts OK until the flu hits. You can picture how awful it was and what everyone endured. The story does move on from there and they adjust to live again and to loving.
One of the parts that stayed with me is a reference to how we are like butterflies and on earth for only a brilliant moment. I loved that sentiment.
Look this book up and give it a read. You will be touched.