As bright as heaven / Susan Meissner.
"In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone streets. Into this bustling town, came Pauline Bright and her husband, filled with hope that they could now give their three daughters--Evelyn, Maggie, and Willa--a chance at a better life. Their dreams are short-lived. Just months after they arrive, the Spanish flu reaches the shores of America. As the pandemic claims more than twelve thousand victims in their adopted city, they find their lives left with a world that looks nothing like the one they knew. But even as they lose loved ones, they take in a baby orphaned by the disease who becomes their single source of hope. Amidst the tragedy and challenges that surround them, they learn what they cannot live without--and what they are willing to do about it. As bright as heaven is the compelling story of a mother and her daughters who find themselves in a harsh world not of their making that will either crush their resolve to survive or purify it"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399585975 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 451 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Berkley trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes readers guide and an excerpt from The last year of the war. |
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Subject: | Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
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Stroud Branch | FIC Meiss | 31681010258077 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |