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The Orphan Collector
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Narrated by:
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Rachel Botchan
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Written by:
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Ellen Marie Wiseman
About this listen
Ellen Marie Wiseman, acclaimed author of What She Left Behind and The Life She Was Given, weaves the stories of two very different women into a thrilling novel as suspenseful as it is poignant, set amid one of history's deadliest pandemics.
In the fall of 1918, 13-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded streets and slums, and from the anti-German sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the US Army, hoping to prove his loyalty. But an even more urgent threat has arrived. Spanish influenza is spreading through the city. Soon, dead and dying are everywhere. With no food at home, Pia must venture out in search of supplies, leaving her infant twin brothers alone....
Since her baby died days ago, Bernice Groves has been lost in grief and bitterness. If doctors hadn't been so busy tending to hordes of immigrants, perhaps they could have saved her son. When Bernice sees Pia leaving her tenement across the way, she is buoyed by a shocking, life-altering decision that leads her on a sinister mission: to transform the city's orphans and immigrant children into what she feels are "true Americans".
As Pia navigates the city's somber neighborhoods, she cannot know that her brothers won't be home when she returns. And it will be a long and arduous journey to learn what happened - even as Bernice plots to keep the truth hidden at any cost. Only with persistence, and the courage to face her own shame and fear, will Pia put the pieces together and find the strength to risk everything to see justice at last.
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- Shirley M Smith
- 2023-10-21
AWESOME
Great story authentic details
Enjoyed it very much
A must read
Details were incredible.
AWESOME
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- Linda
- 2023-11-03
Very enjoyable.
Loved the plot and the suspense. I love happy endings. Real page turner. I would read it again in a heartbeat. Highly recommend this book for everyone.
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- Hillary A.
- 2023-06-03
Great Historical Fiction
I really enjoyed that all the characters had purpose in this novel. The ending brought great satisfaction to me as a reader because all the ties Pia had in the story to other characters were brought together and nothing left me wondering in the end. The narration was done elegantly, and the few accents were done well.
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