![]() ![]() It does seem as if her voice sounds much older than a 12-year-old. Death is appointed to merely close the door to our suffering and open wide the gate to Paradise.”īut the real focus of the story is Maggie. She constantly muses on the nature of Death, and why some are taken and some are not, and comes to conclude: “I am sure now that Death is not the enemy….” Death “spreads its reach with the tender embrace of an angel, not the talons of a demon.” She muses: “We are like butterflies, delicate and wonderful here on earth for only a brilliant moment and then away we fly. Now she feels Death’s silent presence by her side almost like a companion (in a way reminiscent of The Book Thief). ![]() Pauline has been preoccupied with death since Henry died. The family was of course deeply affected by the loss of the little boy. There was also a new baby brother, Henry, but he died just recently from a defective heart. The story is told from four points of view: that of Pauline, and of each of her three daughters: Evie – 15, Maggie – 12, and Willa, 6. Tom’s Uncle Fred had offered him a job as an undertaker in his mortuary business, with the prospect of inheriting it when his uncle was gone. This novel tells the story of Pauline and Thomas Bright, who moved at the beginning of 1918 from a small town in Pennsylvania to Philadelphia. ![]() One of the main entry points for the 1918 Spanish influenza outbreak to Philadelphia were sailors from overseas returning home through the U.S. ![]()
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