Thomas and Pauline travel with their daughters Maggie, Willa, and Evelyn to Philadelphia to a promise of inheriting a funeral home now owned by an uncle. Shortly thereafter Thomas is drafted into the army during the first world war. The Spanish flu erupts causing many deaths with no cure.
Maggie rescues a baby whose mother died; the little boy joins their family bringing hope to them all.
Readers will find more than they ever wanted to know about living and working in a mortuary. The book is well written about a warm, close family. It tells the story about the girls growing up and how the flu affected all of their lives. I particularly enjoyed the girls telling their individual stories to see into each of their lives.
Maggie rescues a baby whose mother died; the little boy joins their family bringing hope to them all.
Readers will find more than they ever wanted to know about living and working in a mortuary. The book is well written about a warm, close family. It tells the story about the girls growing up and how the flu affected all of their lives. I particularly enjoyed the girls telling their individual stories to see into each of their lives.