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Ellen Marie Wiseman

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A first-generation German American, Ellen Marie Wiseman discovered her love of reading and writing while attending first grade in one of the last one-room schoolhouses in NYS. She is a New York Times Bestselling author whose novels have been translated into twenty languages. Her debut novel, THE PLUM TREE, is loosely based on her mother’s stories about growing up in Germany during the chaos of WWII. THE PLUM TREE received much praise for its depiction of WWII and was named by Bookbub as One of Thirteen Books To Read if You Loved ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE. Ellen’s second novel, WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND, was named a Huffington Post Best Books of Summer 2015. Her third novel, COAL RIVER, was called "one of the most "unputdownable" books of 2015" ...more

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	What She Left Behind 3.96 avg rating — 52,487 ratings — published 2015 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orphan Collector 4.24 avg rating — 36,987 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life She Was Given: A Moving and Emotional Saga of Family and Resilient Women 4.08 avg rating — 35,038 ratings — published 2017 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Plum Tree 4.10 avg rating — 19,477 ratings — published 2012 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Girls of Willowbrook 3.90 avg rating — 20,075 ratings — published 2022 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coal River: A Powerful and Unforgettable Story of 20th Century Injustice 3.91 avg rating — 8,789 ratings — published 2015 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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What 1918’s “Forgotten Pandemic” Can Teach Us About Today

I wrote an opinion piece for Vanity Fair based on the research I did for my upcoming novel, THE ORPHAN COLLECTOR. Here's the link:

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Published on May 12, 2020 12:12 • Tags: 1918, covid-19, historical-fiction, novel, philadelphia, research, spanish-flu-pandemic, wwi

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“I want you to understand something. War makes perpetrators of some, criminals of others, and victims of everyone. Just because a soldier is in the battle, doesn't mean that he believes in the war.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

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“When we're together," he whispered, "we'll only see each other, not the ugliness around us.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

tags: beauty, forbidden-love, love, optimism, romance

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“Within minutes of setting foot on the grounds of the shuttered Willard State Asylum, seventeen-year-old Isabelle Stone knew it was a mistake.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, What She Left Behind

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by Kristin Harmel

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The Glass Hotel

by Emily St. John Mandel

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by Ellen Marie Wiseman

2 votes, 5.1%

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“That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

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“Heimat. The word mean home in German, the place where one was born. But the term also conveys a subtler nuance, a certain tenderness. One's Heimat is not merely a matter of geography; it is where one's heart lies. ”
― Jenna Blum, Those Who Save Us

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