A Fall of Marigolds
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00UK5AJOC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 558 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lyrical story that I loved! I have long been a fan of Susan Meissner's lyrical writing. I also love her stories that marry a historical story with a contemporary plot. She has a knack for finding varied stories that beautifully fit.A Fall of Marigolds is a perfect example of that skill. This story invites us into the stories of two women who experienced tragedy in New York City, one on 9/11 and the other in the early 1900s. The tragedies have amazing similarities not the least of which is a scarf that is decorated with mar. Very well written, engaging story had me reading too late into the night! Very well written, engaging story had me reading too late into the night! I read this book in two days. I love the fact that it went back and forth between two real disasters in New York, in two different time periods, 100 years apart. I would absolutely recommend this book! It's my first by Susan Meissner and I look forward to reading more of her stories!. "An Odd Link between two women, two tragedies" according to Almeda Reads. This book about two women who lost loved ones in terrible tragedies in different eras leads the reader through their attempts to avoid the pain of their loss and sense of guilt. The picture of the daily lives they lead in different times and places is very engaging; the solutions they reach are believable for today's reader. This book has stayed with me since I read it several weeks ago. I recommend it highly.
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. Will what she learns devastate her or free her? September 2011. A beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weight of the world is made bearable by the love we give away. September 1911. Then, while caring for a fevered immigrant whose own loss mirrors hers, she becomes intrigued by a name embroidered onto the scarf he carriesand finds herself caught in a dilemma that compels her to confront the truth about the assumptions she's made. 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 Center towersthe 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?. 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