The story unfolds slowly at first but each character is well known by the time the unraveling begins. What is thought to be a new beginning for them and their three daughters begins to unravel as friends and family begin to fall ill. Now they deliver the body to the undertaker, allow him to do all the preparation and funeral planning. No longer do families care for the deceased in their own homes. Pauline and Thomas are moving to Philadelphia to take over Uncle Fred's undertaking business. Her novel As Bright As Heaven chronicles the disease through one family's experiences.
"The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19 was the deadliest disease in history.Fifty million people worldwide are estimated to have died from Spanish Flu." acknowledges author Susan Meissner.
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