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The nature of fragile things

Title: The nature of fragile things / Susan Meissner.
Author: Meissner, Susan, 1961-
Publication: [New York, New York] : Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

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Description

367 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. 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. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly beautiful. While Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, his 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. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear. From 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"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

Genre/Form

Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Call Number

JFE 21-5116

ISBN

9780451492180
0451492188

LCCN

2020022072
40030405931

OCLC

1153496055

Author

Meissner, Susan, 1961- author.

Title

The nature of fragile things / Susan Meissner.

Publisher

[New York, New York] : Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

1906

Other Form:

Online version: Meissner, Susan, 1961- The nature of fragile things. First edition New York : Berkley, 2021 9780451492203 (DLC) 2020022073

Other Standard Identifier

40030405931

Research Call Number

JFE 21-5116

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