From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean comes a new novel set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the story of a family reborn through loss and love. Amidst the tragedy and challenges, a mother and her daughters learn what they cannot live without -- and what they are willing to do about it. This harsh world, not of their making, will either crush their resolve to survive or purify it.