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  • Published: 4 February 2014
  • ISBN: 9781101625545
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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A Fall of Marigolds





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

  • Published: 4 February 2014
  • ISBN: 9781101625545
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
Categories:

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Praise for A Fall of Marigolds

Praise for Susan Meissner's previous novels:
"Beautifully crafted and captivating, The Girl in the Glass is a story to savor and get lost in." Sarah Jio, New York Times best-selling author



"My eyes welled up more than once! And I thought it especially fitting that, having already shown us the shape of mercy in a previous novel, Susan Meissner is now showing us the many shapes of love. A Sound Among the Trees is a hauntingly lyrical book that will make you believe a house can indeed have a memory...and maybe a heart. A beautiful story of love, loss, and sacrifice, and of the bonds that connect us through time." --Susanna Kearsley, New York Times best-selling author

"Meissner delivers a delightful page-turner that will surely enthrall readers from beginning to end. The antebellum details, lively characters, and overlapping dramas particularly will excite history buffs and romance fans." --Publisher's Weekly

"Charming and smoothly paced, The Girl in the Glass recreates the feeling of walking the streets of Florence, Italy, and is populated with warm, generous-hearted characters." --Book Page