As Bright as Heaven

from SilversReviews

From a small town in Pennsylvania as a family rolling tobacco leaves for a living to Philadelphia as a family living and working in a funeral home. The Brights made a big change from their quiet life in Quakertown to the noisy, big city of Philadelphia. Both the city and the job Thomas Bright had...

from hollysing

As Bright As Heaven, set in Philadelphia during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, is a dramatic example of the resilience of the human spirit. Heartening and dramatic, the book releases February 2018 from Berkley Penguin Random House. As Bright As Heaven opens with a flash forward scene set in 1...

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AS BRIGHT AS HEAVEN by Susan Meissner In 1918 there was the Spanish Flu. It was devastating. Millions died. This is the story of how one ordinary family was affected. The Bright family choses to move to Philadelphia where they will take over the family mortuary just as the Great War and the Spani...

from JanaRose1

The Bright family move from the farm to Philadelphia, where Thomas, the husband, is to become an undertaker. The book alternates between Pauline, the mother, and their daughters, Evelyn, Maggie and Willa. With an outbreak of Spanish flu, their new life is suddenly transformed beyond all belief. W...

from KateBaxter

Kudos to author Susan Meissner whose thorough historical research provided solid ground on which she wove a stunningly beautiful and rich story of family, love, sorrow, regret, tragedy, endurance and joy. The precious nuggets of wisdom found within the book's pages are true gems. I savored each a...