FromtheacclaimedauthorofTheLastYearoftheWarcomesanovelsetduringtheSpanishflupandemicof1918,tellingthestoryofafamilyrebornthroughlossandlove.In1918,Philadelphiawasacityteemingwithpromise.EvenasitsyoungmenwentofftofightintheGreatWar,therewereopportunitiesforafreshstartonitscobblestonestreets.Intothisbustlingtown,camePaulineBrightandherhusband,filledwithhopethattheycouldnowgivetheirthreedaughters--Evelyn,Maggie,andWilla--achanceatabetterlife.Butjustmonthsaftertheyarrive,theSpanishFlureachestheshoresofAmerica.Asthepandemicclaimsmorethantwelvethousandvictimsintheiradoptedcity,theyfindtheirlivesleftwithaworldthatlooksnothingliketheonetheyknew.Butevenastheyloselovedones,theytakeinababyorphanedbythediseasewhobecomestheirsinglesourceofhope.Amidstthetragedyandchallenges,theylearnwhattheycannotlivewithout--andwhattheyarewillingtodoaboutit.AsBrightasHeavenisthecompellingstoryofamotherandherdaughterswhofindthemselvesinaharshworldnotoftheirmaking,whichwilleithercrushtheirresolvetosurviveorpurifyit.
