Set against the backdrop of the deadly influenza pandemic of 1918, The Orphan Collector is both a way to remember the “Year of the Forgotten Death” and to reflect upon our current experiences. It’s the story of a young German immigrant, Pia Lange, struggling to keep her family together at a time when more Americans were dying in our nation’s streets and homes than on the battlefields of World War I. It’s also about a grieving mother, Bernice Groves, who uses her hatred of immigrants as an excuse to tear families apart when they’re at their most vulnerable. I hope you will be drawn to Pia’s
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