This was a very interesting story - set back near the end of World War I and during an epidemic of the Spanish influenza. A lot of the time I was irritated with the characters because of their "backwards" thinking, but then I realized that it was probably how they looked at things at that time - without as much technology and research it would be hard to be more in the know. I was really drawn into the storyline, though, and found myself hurting for some of the characters throughout the book.