Having it start with an interview between Sophie and a U.S. I loved the way this story was structured. She has such an uncanny ability to write such captivating historical fiction, and this latest one delves into my newest favorite subgenre – the historical mystery…which just hooked me even more!
My thoughts: This is the third book I’ve read by Susan Meissner but it might be my favorite one yet. Them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolveĪnd, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear.įrom the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War and As Bright as Heaven comes a gripping novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity. Women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting Second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other One early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a Uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn’t right. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin’s silentįive-year-old daughter, but Martin’s odd behavior leaves her with the Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad andĪgrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get
Shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved.April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco justīefore daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin’s silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin’s odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn’t right.Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Plot summary: Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about.
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