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Dec 21, 2020
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I thought I would really like this book - I've read a couple of others of Susan Meissner's, I thought the subject matter was very topical (but I live in Australia where COVID isn't raging, so it's not as though it would be hitting a nerve), but I just didn't seem to be able to really get into it and I took a month to finish it!
I have been reading another (very long) book at the same time, but I don't think that is what has been stopping me from getting into this one. Maybe it's just a case of wr ...more
I have been reading another (very long) book at the same time, but I don't think that is what has been stopping me from getting into this one. Maybe it's just a case of wr ...more
In 1918, Tom and Pauline Bright move to Philadelphia close on the heels of a devastating personal loss. In search of a better life for his wife and three daughters, Tom will become partner in his uncle’s funeral home business. Shortly, though, the family’s hopes for a brighter future are dashed. They find themselves confronting not only the upheaval of World War I but also the Spanish flu pandemic, one of the deadliest such episodes in history and one that killed 12,000 people in Philadelphia al
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A beautiful story about loss and family that takes place in the early 20th century. A family of five moves from rural Pennsylvania to Philadelphia so that the patriarch can work in his bachelor uncle's undertaken business. A series of tragedies pushes them apart and pulls them together. The story is told by various members of the family, not all of which seemed believable to me, and one particular storyline was based on so many coincidences as to not be credible. Nevertheless, the characters wer
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I enjoyed the insight into the flu pandemic, but a little too sentimental to me especially with wrapping everything up in a neat bow.
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