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The Mill Town Plague

by Frederick Harding

  • 2 hr 18 min listen
  • 11 chapters
  • Published 8 December 2025
Healer HeroineEpidemic FictionStrong HeroineOrdinary HeroismMoral CourageDefiance of AuthorityClass DivideFemale FriendshipCollective ResistanceRebuilding After LossWomen in MedicineQuarantine SettingSelf-SacrificeSmall-Town Crisis1918 InfluenzaNew England HistoricalSmall-Town SecretsFamily SurvivalChildren in PerilRace Against TimeGrief & ResilienceMother & ChildrenWWI Historical FictionCorrupt OfficialsUnlikely AlliancePhysician Protagonist
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Agnes Dalton has spent years as the unofficial healer of Harwick, a small mill town nestled in the hills of western Massachusetts—but nothing has prepared her for the autumn of 1918. When influenza tears through the community, killing the young and strong alongside the old, Agnes finds herself the town's sole medical authority. With her own family falling ill and critical supplies locked away by a cowardly mill owner, she must choose between the desperate needs of her neighbors and the people she loves most. The cost of saving everyone may be losing everything.

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This story really tore at my heart. The heroine was a truly a heroine. The story was well constructed and painted the picture with precision and empathy. Well worth the read. Thank you author

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