Chapter One brings us Pauline, standing at the grave of her infant son, who was granted only a short life. She is readying herself to leave the home she has always known, where she grew up, married and had her children. To move to the city of Philadelphia, where her husband will undertake a new career in his uncle's mortuary.
I was immediately drawn in by Pauline's voice and look forward to learning more about her family. The Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 is something I don't know much about, and it will be interesting to learn about this time period from the viewpoint of a character living through it, and seeing death close at hand.
The author immediately captures the character of Pauline, and makes us eager to follow her and her family on their journey.
I was immediately drawn in by Pauline's voice and look forward to learning more about her family. The Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 is something I don't know much about, and it will be interesting to learn about this time period from the viewpoint of a character living through it, and seeing death close at hand.
The author immediately captures the character of Pauline, and makes us eager to follow her and her family on their journey.