02731cam a2200349 i 4500 559198901 TxAuBib 20220524120000.0 210927s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021047570 9781250277886 hardcover $27.99 1250277884 hardcover $27.99 TxAuBib rda Dallas, Sandra. Little souls [HC] / Sandra Dallas. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022. 294 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2022. Library Journal Prepub Alert, October 20, 2021. "Sandra Dallas's Little Souls is a gripping tale of sisterhood, loyalty, and secrets set in Denver amid America's last deadly flu pandemic in Colorado, 1918. World War I is raging overseas, but it's the home front battling for survival. With the Spanish Flu rampant, Denver's schools are converted into hospitals, churches and funeral homes are closed, and nightly horse-drawn wagons collect corpses left in the street. Sisters Helen and Lutie have moved to Denver from Ohio after their parents' death. Helen, a nurse, and Lutie, a carefree advertising designer at Neusteter's department store, share a small, neat house and each finds a local beau - for Helen a doctor, for Lutie a young student who soon enlists. They make a modest income from a rental apartment in the basement. When their tenant dies from the flu, the sisters are thrust into caring for the woman's small daughter, Dorothy. Soon after, Lutie comes home from work and discovers a dead man on their kitchen floor and Helen standing above the body, an icepick in hand. She has no doubt Helen killed the man-Dorothy's father-in self-defense, but she knows that will be hard to prove. They decide to leave the body in the street, hoping to disguise it as a victim of the flu. Meanwhile Lutie also worries about her fiance "over there". As it happens, his wealthy mother harbors a secret of her own and helps the sisters as the danger deepens, from the murder investigation and the flu. Set against the backdrop of an epidemic that feels all too familiar, Little souls is a compelling tale of sisterhood and of the sacrifices people make to protect those they love most"-- Provided by publisher. Adult Brodart. Adult Brodart. 20220524. Female friendship Fiction. Sisters Fiction. Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Fiction. Historical fiction.