The nature of fragile things. [kit]
The nature of fragile things. [kit]
By
:
Meissner, Susan, 1961-
Publication Date
:
2021
Physical Description
:
Books.+ 1 discussion question booklet + 1 biographical booklet.
Subject Term
:
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Mail order brides -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Series
:
BOOKCLUB KIT
BOOKCLUB KIT.
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.
Audience
:
For bookclub participants.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780451492197
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Bookclub Kit | Bookclub Kit | FIC MEI | (10 copies) | Checked In |