A Fall of Marigolds
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Susan Meissner
A beautiful scarf connects two women touched by tragedy in this compelling, emotional novel from the author of As Bright as Heaven and The Last Year of the War.September 1911. On Ellis Island in New York Harbor, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning to Manhattan, where the man she loved fell to his death in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Then, while caring for a fevered immigrant whose own loss mirrors hers, she becomes intrigued by a name embroidered onto the scarf he carries...and finds herself caught in a dilemma that compels her to confront the truth about the assumptions she’s made. What she learns could devastate her—or free her.September 2011. On Manhattan’s Upper West Side, widow Taryn Michaels has convinced herself that she is living fully, working in a charming specialty fabric store and raising her daughter alone. Then a long-lost photograph appears in a national magazine, and she is forced to relive the terrible day her husband died in the collapse of the World Trade Towers...the same day a stranger reached out and saved her. But a chance reconnection and a century-old scarf may open Taryn’s eyes to the larger forces at work in her life.“[Meissner] creates two sympathetic, relatable characters that readers will applaud. Touching and inspirational.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Author
Susan Meissner
Pages
400
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2014-02-04
ISBN
045141991X 9780451419910
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"I love historical fiction. This book was well researched and written. Love, hope, courage, and despair. It was beautifully descriptive. You see the colors, textures, and feel of her writing. "
Karissa Kerouac
"Beautiful story. It’s been some time since I read it. May be time to read it again. I like how the story jumped back and forth in time. "
Kamalei Palmer
"Must read "
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Ginea Phillips
"I love descriptive authors who take time to paint the places, emotions, and people of their books and this was beautiful. A story of lives of live lost is intertwined from 2 tragedies (sept 11th terror attacks and a tragic fire of 1911 in NY) Such a fantastic historical fiction love story!! "
Karissa Kerouac
"This book was the best book I have read all year! So well written and the characters were so relatable. I love love loved it! "
Loretta Muchukot
"Like all good historical fiction, the coincidences are sometimes a little forced, and a sweet story and life lessons are tied up in a pretty bow. The nuggets about the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, Ellis Island, and 9-11 are woven in seamlessly. A good read!"
Patty Hardwick
"I did enjoy the premise of this book and it appeals to my love of historical fiction, but I found it to be a slow read. Didn't grab me as I had hoped and I found the part set in the past to be much less interesting than the present day storyline about 9/11 - would have liked more of the book to have been focused on this part."
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Jennifer Cohen
"Am doing a decades reading challenge and this was based around 1910 and the now. I’m only on chapter 2 and it’s already got a grip on me. To be honest this isn’t the type of book I would read so I’m surprised at how quickly I got into it! Let me know how y’all find it if you read it !"
Dana Sorensen
"Oh so many more people should read this book. Its absolutely amazing!"
Breeze Nicole
"“I had mistakenly come to believe that love came from a place inside me and therefore I had to protect that place. It comes from heaven, Eleanor. It is given to us not to hold on to or to hide from, but to give away.” <br/>9/11, scarlet fever, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. I was all in from the start."
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