A Fall of Marigolds

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Call Number: Fiction / Meissner, Susan, Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Meissner, Susan
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Meissner, Susan	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Meissner, Susan	4-week checkout	On Hold Shelf

"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. Will what she learns 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. Will a chance reconnection and a century-old scarf open Taryn's eyes to the larger forces at work in her life?"-- Provided by publisher.

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Excellent submitted by smgop on July 30, 2016, 8:06pm This book was wonderful - couldn't put it down!

Historical fiction at its best submitted by mickplu on June 16, 2017, 9:24am The author bounces back and forth between two women, each suffering a monumental loss, each in a famous tragedy. Clara Wood, a nurse at Ellis Island, loses her love in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, while Taryn, loses her husband in the 9/11 attacks. What ties them together is a beautiful scarf. The author did a ton of research on the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and it shows. This is a book that will inspire you to read more by Meissner and you won't be disappointed!