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X-WR-CALNAME:History Book Festival Presents Author Ellen Marie Wiseman
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LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958
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SUMMARY:History Book Festival Presents Author Ellen Marie Wiseman
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DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the History Book Festival\, join us to ta
 lk with\nEllen Marie Wiseman\, author of The Orphan Collector: A Heroic No
 vel of\nSurvival during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic\, featured at the 2020
 \nvirtual History Book Festival. In the fall of 1918\, Philadelphians are\
 ncelebrating the end of World War I when an even more urgent threat\narriv
 es: an influenza pandemic. After her mother's brutally sudden\ndeath\, thi
 rteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange must leave their\ntenement apart
 ment to find food for her two baby brothers. Then she\nherself falls ill a
 nd after a hospital stay is forced into an\norphanage. Pia runs away to fi
 nd her brothers\, while a woman plots to\nkeep them separated. Ellen Marie
  Wiseman is the bestselling author of\nseveral works of historical fiction
 . Her novels have been translated\ninto eighteen languages and published w
 orldwide. We invite you to\nsupport the author by purchasing a copy of her
  book from the\nFestival's official bookseller\, Browseabout Books. Each c
 opy purchased\ncomes with a signed archival bookplate. Online program pres
 ented by\nthe History Book Festival and Lewes Public Library. NOTE: this m
 eeting\nis being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive\nins
 tructions for joining the meeting. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In collaboration with the History Book Festiva
 l\, join us to talk with Ellen Marie Wiseman\, author of The Orphan Collec
 tor: A Heroic Novel of Survival during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic\, featu
 red at the 2020 virtual History Book Festival. In the fall of 1918\, Phila
 delphians are celebrating the end of World War I when an even more urgent 
 threat arrives: an influenza pandemic. After her mother's brutally sudden 
 death\, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange must leave their tene
 ment apartment to find food for her two baby brothers. Then she herself fa
 lls ill and after a hospital stay is forced into an orphanage. Pia runs aw
 ay to find her brothers\, while a woman plots to keep them separated. Elle
 n Marie Wiseman is the bestselling author of several works of historical f
 iction. Her novels have been translated into eighteen languages and publis
 hed worldwide. We invite you to support the author by purchasing a copy of
  her book from the Festival's official bookseller\, Browseabout Books. Eac
 h copy purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate. Online program pr
 esented by the History Book Festival and Lewes Public Library. NOTE: this 
 meeting is being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive inst
 ructions for joining the meeting. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
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