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The Orphan Collector

Written by:
Ellen Marie Wiseman
Narrated by:
Rachel Botchan

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
66
Narrator
16
Release Date
August 4, 2020
Duration
15 hours 51 minutes
Summary
Ellen Marie Wiseman, acclaimed author of What She Left Behind and The Life She Was Given, weaves thestories of two very different women into a page-turning novel as suspenseful as it is poignant, set amid one ofhistory’s deadliest pandemics.In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia’s overcrowdedstreets and slums, and from the anti-German sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U.S. Army, hopingto prove his loyalty. But an even more urgent threat has arrived. Spanish influenza is spreading through the city. Soon,dead and dying are everywhere. With no food at home, Pia must venture out in search of supplies, leaving her infanttwin brothers alone …Since her baby died days ago, Bernice Groves has been lost in grief and bitterness. If doctors hadn’t been so busytending to hordes of immigrants, perhaps they could have saved her son. When Bernice sees Pia leaving her tenementacross the way, she is buoyed by a shocking, life-altering decision that leads her on a sinister mission: to transform thecity’s orphans and immigrant children into what she feels are “true Americans.”As Pia navigates the city’s somber neighborhoods, she cannot know that her brothers won’t be home when shereturns. And it will be a long and arduous journey to learn what happened—even as Bernice plots to keep the truthhidden at any cost. Only with persistence, and the courage to face her own shame and fear, will Pia put the piecestogether and find the strength to risk everything to see justice at last.
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Jeannie O.

Interesting .... honestly - I wasn't into the book and almost put it down ... however, I am really happy I continued. I liked the book a lot. She is a brilliant author - and I love historical fiction.

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Anonymous

Good read - similar could have happened?

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Suzanne M.

Wonderful. Different. Insightful. Easy listening.

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Sherie P.

It was an interesting listen especially during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Anonymous

I wanted to love this book, but it was not my favorite. The plotline was very interesting and somewhat unique. The ending was a bit hasty and untidy though, and didn't feel like it fit with the rest of the story. That's merely my opinion. To each their own!

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Bonnie M.

Loved it well written

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Vivian B.

great book & reader

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Barbi N.

I liked this book. It didn’t grab me like many do. The history was great. It was sad and heart breaking. I just felt something missing, it was so heavy. I have tead nothing but great and wonderful reviews. I can’t pin point what bothered me about it.

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