"In my fourteenth year the influenza infected my whole world. . . .
Seems as though just as the Great War came to a close, the folks of
Downeast Maine set to fighting a war of their own."
Born into an artistic and eccentric family, Lyza laments that her only
talent is carving letters into wood. At least, that is, until the
devastating loss of her mother to influenza during the pandemic of 1918.
The illness has settled on their small coastal town in Maine, and the
funeral marches pass Lyza's house almost daily. When her unconventional
father begins to prepare for the return of his dead wife, Lyza is the
only one to protect him from being committed to a nearby work farm.
Awash with grief and longing for her mother, Lyza journeys into the thin
territory that divides the living from the dead.
Relying on her courage and an undiscovered talent, Lyza must save her
father and find her own path. From the celebrated author of Worth,
this is a powerful story of love that persists beyond the grave.