The book’s main focus in on the females of the family and the story unfolds from their viewpoint, alternating between the mother and her daughters.Īs Bright As Heaven gives us a detailed look at the 1918 pandemic, and there were certainly many aspects that reminded me of what we are experiencing today with Covid. The Bright family were however strongly impacted by events and choices made during that time. The story is divided into halves, the first part is about how the family and the city of Philadelphia deals with the pandemic, while the second half shows what life became after the end of the war and the flu. This was a difficult time as the Great War in Europe was escalating and then as the family settles into their new home and business, their lives were about to be torn apart by the devastating epidemic that struck with deadly intent. The whole family, wife Pauline, and daughters Evelyn, Maggie and Willa are grieving the death of 4 month old Henry, who was born with a defective heart. The main characters are from the Bright family that moves to Philadelphia so that the father, Thomas, can join his uncle in his mortuary business. As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner is story of historical fiction that deals with the 1918 flu pandemic.
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