Vincent's Orphan Asylum РІР‚вЂњ the first step in a long and arduous journey. Waking in a makeshift hospital days after collapsing in the street, Pia is frantic to return home. It becomes her sinister mission to tear families apart when they're at their most vulnerable, planning to transform the city's orphans and immigrant children into what she feels are 'true Americans.' Watching Pia leave her brothers alone, Bernice makes a shocking, life-altering decision. When food runs out in the cramped tenement she calls home, Pia must venture alone into the quarantined city in search of supplies, leaving her baby brothers behind.Р”В«ernice Groves has become lost in grief and bitterness since her baby died from the Spanish flu. Funeral crepe and quarantine signs appear on doors as victims drop dead in the streets and desperate survivors wear white masks to ward off illness. But as her city celebrates the end of war, an even more urgent threat arrives: the Spanish flu. 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. Stephanie Dray, New York Times bestselling author of America's First Daughter 'An immersive historical tale with chilling twists and turns. Wiseman has written a touching tale of loss, survival, and perseverance with some light fantastical elements. 'Readers will not be able to help making comparisons to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how little has changed since 1918. Powerful, harrowing, and ultimately exultant, The Orphan Collector is a story of love, resilience, and the lengths we will go to protect those who need us most.From the internationally bestselling author of What She Left Behind comes a gripping and powerful tale of upheaval-a heartbreaking saga of resilience and hope perfect for fans of Beatriz Williams and Kristin Hannah-set in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak-the deadly pandemic that went on to infect one-third of the world's population. As Bernice plots to keep the truth hidden at any cost in the months and years that follow, Pia must confront her own shame and fear, risking everything to see justice РІР‚вЂњ and love РІР‚вЂњ triumph at last. VincentРІР‚в„ўs Orphan Asylum РІР‚вЂњ the first step in a long and arduous journey. It becomes her sinister mission to tear families apart when theyРІР‚в„ўre at their most vulnerable, planning to transform the cityРІР‚в„ўs orphans and immigrant children into what she feels are РІР‚Сљtrue Americans.РІР‚Сњ

In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from PhiladelphiaРІР‚в„ўs overcrowded slums and the anti-immigrant sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U.S.

Listen by clicking above!Р”В®llen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector: a NovelР”Р‡rom the internationally bestselling author of What She Left Behind, a powerful tale of upheaval, resilience and hope set in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak-the deadly pandemic that went on to infect one-third of the worldРІР‚в„ўs populationРІР‚В¦ ItРІР‚в„ўs a powerful tale of upheaval, resilience, and hope set in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak-the deadly pandemic that went on to infect one-third of the worldРІР‚в„ўs population. WeРІР‚в„ўre trying something new! Historical Fiction! Join us as we interview Ellen Marie Wiseman, the author of The Orphan Collector.

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