THE ORPHAN COLLECTOR reads like the best kind of Historical Fiction =
it comes a total surprise that it is not based on real people or events!
The "stench of dead bodies" is rendered as vividly as the reality that New York City holds for its citizens today: van after van carrying more Coronavirus dead to the morgue and then to an island for burial. Doctors, nurses, nuns, and funeral people dying along with the many, many rich and poor, adults and children.
Important red alerts warn us that this 1918 Spanish Flu had three waves before normalcy of a sort returned after 9 long months.
Dialogue and Pia's inner monologues carry the plot which is exciting to follow, yet often repeats her concerns. A name for Pia's healing abilities would be great.
With so much death and loss, Pia's care by the Hudson family and final redemptions, though fairly predictable, were welcome.
it comes a total surprise that it is not based on real people or events!
The "stench of dead bodies" is rendered as vividly as the reality that New York City holds for its citizens today: van after van carrying more Coronavirus dead to the morgue and then to an island for burial. Doctors, nurses, nuns, and funeral people dying along with the many, many rich and poor, adults and children.
Important red alerts warn us that this 1918 Spanish Flu had three waves before normalcy of a sort returned after 9 long months.
Dialogue and Pia's inner monologues carry the plot which is exciting to follow, yet often repeats her concerns. A name for Pia's healing abilities would be great.
With so much death and loss, Pia's care by the Hudson family and final redemptions, though fairly predictable, were welcome.