From the acclaimed author of \;Secrets of a Charmed Life \; and \;A Bridge Across the Ocean \;comes a new novel set in Philade lphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918\, which tells the story of a family reborn through loss and love.
\nIn 1918\, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War\, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone streets. Into this bustling town\, came Pauline Bright and her husband\, filled with hope that they could now give their three daughters--Evelyn\, Maggie\, and Willa--a chance at a better life.
\nBut just months aft er they arrive\, the Spanish Flu reaches the shores of America. As the pan demic claims more than twelve thousand victims in their adopted city\, the y find their lives left with a world that looks nothing like the one they knew. But even as they lose loved ones\, they take in a baby orphaned by t he disease who becomes their single source of hope. Amidst the tragedy and challenges\, they learn what they cannot live without--and what they are willing to do about it.
\nAs Bright as Heaven \;is the compellin g story of a mother and her daughters who find themselves in a harsh world \, not of their making\, which will either crush their resolve to survive or purify it. \;
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