Highly recommended.вЂќВ -BooklistвЂњAn immersive historical tale with chilling twists and turns. Wiseman has written a touching tale of loss, survival, and perseverance with some light fantastical elements. Instant New York Times BestsellerFrom the internationally bestselling author ofВ What She Left Behind comes a gripping and powerful tale of upheaval-a heartbreaking saga of resilience and hope perfect for fans of Beatriz Williams and Kristin Hannah-set in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak-the deadly pandemic that went on to infect one-third of the worldвЂ™s populationвЂ¦вЂњReaders will not be able to help making comparisons to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how little has changed since 1918. Well-researched and impossible to put down, this is an emotional tug-of-war played out brilliantly on the pages and in readersвЂ™ hearts.вЂќ -The Historical Novels Review, EDITORвЂ™S CHOICE вЂњWisemanвЂ™s depiction of the horrifying spread of the Spanish flu is eerily reminiscent of the present day and resonates with realistic depictions of suffering, particularly among the poorer immigrant population.вЂќ-Publishers Weekly (Boxed Review) вЂњReading the novel in the time of COVID-19 adds an even greater resonance, and horror, to the description of the fatal spread of that 1918 flu.вЂќ-KirkusВ Review вЂњAn emotional roller coasterвЂ¦I felt PiaвЂ™s strength, courage, guilt, and grief come through the pages clear as day.вЂќ -The Seattle Book Review Buy Now Compare Powerful, harrowing, and ultimately exultant, The Orphan Collector is a story of love, resilience, and the lengths we will go to protect those who need us most.вЂњWisemanвЂ™s writing is superb, and her descriptions of life during the Spanish Flu epidemic are chilling. As Bernice plots to keep the truth hidden at any cost in the months and years that follow, Pia must confront her own shame and fear, risking everything to see justice вЂ“ and love вЂ“ triumph at last. VincentвЂ™s Orphan Asylum вЂ“ the first step in a long and arduous journey. It becomes her sinister mission to tear families apart when theyвЂ™re at their most vulnerable, planning to transform the cityвЂ™s orphans and immigrant children into what she feels are вЂњtrue Americans.вЂќ Waking in a makeshift hospital days after collapsing in the street, Pia is frantic to return home. Watching Pia leave her brothers alone, Bernice makes a shocking, life-altering decision. Bernice Groves has become lost in grief and bitterness since her baby died from the Spanish flu. When food runs out in the cramped tenement she calls home, Pia must venture alone into the quarantined city in search of supplies, leaving her baby brothers behind. Funeral crepe and quarantine signs appear on doors as victims drop dead in the streets and desperate survivors wear white masks to ward off illness. But as her city celebrates the end of war, an even more urgent threat arrives: the Spanish flu. Beautifully told and richly imagined.вЂќ -Stephanie Dray, New York Times bestselling author of AmericaвЂ™s First Daughter In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from PhiladelphiaвЂ™s overcrowded slums and the anti-immigrant sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U.S.

The orphan collector