The Orphan Collector
Book description
In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded slums and the anti-immigrant sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U.S. Army. But as her city celebrates the end of war, an even more urgent threat arrives: the Spanish flu.…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Orphan Collector as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Having just gone through the pandemic, I thought I was prepared to read a fictional account of the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic.
The author made this so much more real and terrifying than what we went through this century. This is a story that made me shudder, cry, hope, and go through myriad emotions. Well worth the read!
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