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The Orphan Collector
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Orphan Collector was incredible to read. The highest of highs, the lowest of lows. Parts of this novel were horrific to read... just considering how orphans were treated historically. I fear that their situation is not always much better today.
Pia, the young 13 year old girl in the center of this novel, experiences unbelievable heartache and pain as a result of the Spanish Flu and her subsequent life in the orphanage. Her story's intersection with Nurse Wallis begins as one of those trainwreck scenes you just can't look away from... and it keeps happening time and time again. I kept wondering how on earth something like this could happen, but the chaos of a health crisis like the Spanish Flu is like nothing we've experienced in our era. Fortunately the redemption at the end of this book through Pia's work with the Hudson family and Finn left me closing the book with a smile on my face.
I've read other books by Ellen Marie Wiseman and think this was her best one yet!
Pia, the young 13 year old girl in the center of this novel, experiences unbelievable heartache and pain as a result of the Spanish Flu and her subsequent life in the orphanage. Her story's intersection with Nurse Wallis begins as one of those trainwreck scenes you just can't look away from... and it keeps happening time and time again. I kept wondering how on earth something like this could happen, but the chaos of a health crisis like the Spanish Flu is like nothing we've experienced in our era. Fortunately the redemption at the end of this book through Pia's work with the Hudson family and Finn left me closing the book with a smile on my face.
I've read other books by Ellen Marie Wiseman and think this was her best one yet!