A Fall of Marigolds
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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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This tale is told from the perspective of two women, one in this century (Tayrn) and one in the last century (Clara).
About 3/4 of the way through the book, I became a little frustrated because it didn't seem like Tayrn was getting much of her story told. Definitely a 2 or 3-star, I muttered to myself. Towards the end of the book, when Clara decides to do something that I feel was unnecessary to the story, I again muttered to myself - Definitely a...read more
About 3/4 of the way through the book, I became a little frustrated because it didn't seem like Tayrn was getting much of her story told. Definitely a 2 or 3-star, I muttered to myself. Towards the end of the book, when Clara decides to do something that I feel was unnecessary to the story, I again muttered to myself - Definitely a...read more
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Two periods in time, 100 years apart, uniquely linked by a delicate piece of fabric; a scarf, embellished with marigolds, weaving it's way through time and tying together the lives of all whose hands through which it passes. Lovely, delicate, fragile, strong, resilient. These words describe the scarf and the characters that have experienced harrowing, tragic events and work to move beyond the emotional outfall.
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Two periods in time, 100 years apart, uniquely linked by a delicate piece of fabric; a scarf, embellished with marigolds, weaving it's way through time and tying together the lives of all whose hands through which it passes. Lovely, delicate, fragile, strong, resilient. These words describe the scarf and the characters that have experienced harrowing, tragic events and work to move beyond the emotional outfall.
At...read more
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