AsBrightAsHeaven

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I enjoyed this book about the 1918 pandemic in Philadelphia.

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Andrew65 A great book! 5y

EadieB @Andrew65 👍I agree! 5y

OriginalCyn620 📚👍🏻📚 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This book broke my heart 💔💔 5y

EadieB @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes it was very sad. 5y

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EadieB

As Bright as Heaven | Susan Meissner

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This is a great read! Here is a picture of my Croatian grandparents who lived in Philadelphia in the Croatian section mentioned in the book. My grandfather left Croatia in 1914 and settled in Philadelphia where he had a job painting the Benjamin Franklin bridge. When he had enough money (1920) my grandmother came through Ellis Island. My grandfather probably helped during the flu epidemic as he was an undertaker for his church in Croatia.

ladyonequestion I love the picture and the story. 7y

EadieB @ladyonequestion Thanks! I went to Croatia in 2012 and found my grandparents‘ village, family and Church. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheBookHippie @Andrew65 #asbrightasheaven (edited) 7y

Andrew65 @EadieB A great picture and story, quite amazing what was learnt about the flu pandemic through this book. Made the extent of it hit home! 7y

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EadieB @Andrew65 I had not heard about it until reading the book. 7y

Andrew65 @EadieB During the Buddy Read we did some research on the Internet and the figures for death hit home big time, even in the US. Knew about it but didn‘t know how high the death rate was. Worth checking out those discussions. 7y

EadieB @Andrew65 I just got done reading the great discussion you had about the book. Very interesting! 7y

Andrew65 @EadieB It was a great book. Not heard of it before the discussion. 7y

EadieB @Andrew65 I‘m surprised my dad never told me about the flu epidemic. He was born in 1921 but he should have heard about it from his dad who must have lived through it. 7y

Andrew65 @EadieB Must have been quite frightening to live through. 7y

EadieB @Andrew65 I know my grandfather was not easily frightened. He used to paint the ball on the end of flag poles and painting the bridge was no easy task either, I suppose. He died of lead poisoning from the paint when he was in his late 40‘s. (edited) 7y

Andrew65 @EadieB I would Imagine in those days many times he took his life in his hands with working practices at those times. Very sad to hear how he died, so many big mistakes over the years that took people‘s lives too early. 7y

EadieB @Andrew65 I think in those days life was just trying to survive everything that was thrown at you. 7y

Rachbb3 I loved this book! I learned a lot about the Spanish Flu, and I absolutely loved the family. 7y

EadieB @Rachbb3 It was quite an interesting book with interesting characters. 7y

Andrew65 @Rachbb3 I‘d agree. (edited) 7y

Andrew65 @EadieB Too True! 7y

Eggs 💜💜 7y

AmyG Oh, wow. 7y

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Dana0881

As Bright as Heaven | Susan Meissner

I‘m no photographer but here are my #Fridaynightplans. #asbrightasheaven #reading #weekendplans #kindlebooks

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erank58

As Bright as Heaven | Susan Meissner

Yep--currently sitting here ugly crying at 1 am, but it's so worth it 😭😭 #asbrightasheaven #botm

Crazeedi Want to read!!!!😍 7y

erank58 @Crazeedi really loving it, can't wait to see how it ends! 7y

Crazeedi @erank58 excellent! I'm putting on my tbr! 7y

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Periwinkle

As Bright as Heaven | Susan Meissner

You really need a box of tissue for this one! 😢 I had to stop a couple of times to gather myself so that I could continue reading and finish this book hopefully before the weekend. 📖

#books #currentlyreading #amreading #read #asbrightasheaven #susanmeissner #historicalfiction #fiction #drama

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Cailey_Mac

The Book of the Month: Sixty Years of Books in American Life | Al Silverman

Yay I recently rejoined Book of the Month!!! I originally canceled because I wasn‘t keeping up with reading all the books I was ordering from them, but I missed having a different variety of books to read! I‘ve canceled every other book box (besides Uppercase) so I decided I can start back up Book of the Month! I picked a historical fiction, and I can‘t wait to read it🤓📖 #botm #AsBrightAsHeaven

SilversReviews I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 7y

Cailey_Mac @SilversReviews thank you! 7y

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