donnazay 's review for:

The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.0

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A book about the Spanish flu of 1918 which moved quickly through American cities, leaving many children without parents. That part is true. The fictional part of the story revolves around a woman posing as a nurse who would place orphans in homes, charging them a finder’s fee, which she placed mostly in her own wallet. The story was a bit long in places, but all-in-all a good read.