A beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weight of the world is made bearable by the love we give away….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 … 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. Will what she learns 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. Will a chance reconnection and a century-old scarf open Taryn’s eyes to the larger forces at work in her life?
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Great book
This was such a joy to read! It made me realize that it has been awhile since I’ve read anything I really, really liked.
I am not particularly a fan of historical fiction–I like all kinds of genres, but if you like historical fiction you definitely will enjoy this book. This book tells two parallel stories–one taking place right after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911 and the other after 9/11. Since 9/11 is more intense and harder for me to read about, I appreciated that the bulk of the story took place in 1911.
Highly recommend
Excellent book with a great story. Usually I don’t care for books that drift back and forth between two time periods, but this one was well done.
Historical fiction about the triangle shirt factory fire in the early 1900s. Bounces between past and present, which I liked. Ending wraps up the story.