![]() The Brights have unique challenges that any “modern-day” American could never wrap their head around: problems transition from finding space to dry tobacco leaves to roll cigars in Quakertown, to suppressing dangerous curiosity of a new home–in a mortuary. ![]() A curious Maggie who becomes engulfed in her neighbors’ lives, and an intelligent Evelyn “Evie” who pours over books and aspires to become a doctor. ![]() ![]() A young Willa who hardly sees the world beyond the tip of her nose and toys. A mother grieving the loss of her infant son, developing a mindset and relationship with death while managing a household with three daughters. Meissner manages to tie together a story told from multiple perspectives. Who wants to listen to their mother’s recommendation? Well, I’m glad I did.Īs Bright as Heaven follows the Bright family: Thomas, Pauline, Evelyn, Maggie, and Willa, as they transition their lives from the small town of Quakerville, PA, to the city of Philadelphia during World War I. ![]() Unbeknownst to her, the story would become relevant in 2020 readers’ lives.Īs a historical fiction devotee myself, I picked up this book expecting a well-written war story, and while that desire was fulfilled, I had no idea that I would end up relating so closely to the events and characters.Īctually my mother, a librarian at the Walkersville Public Library, urged me to read it. In 2018, author Susan Meissner released a fictional story about a small family that comes face to face with the Spanish Flu in 1918. ![]()
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