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Author:

Meissner, Susan, 1961- author.

Title:

The nature of fragile things / Susan Meissner.

Publisher:

Berkleyan imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

367 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Fiction.
Earthquakes--Fiction.
Natural disasters--Fiction.
Mail order brides--Fiction.
Irish fiction--San Francisco.--San Francisco.
Friendship--Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction.
Natural disasters--Fiction.
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Tremblements de terre--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Catastrophes naturelles--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mariage par correspondance--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Roman irlandais--San Francisco.--San Francisco.
Amitié--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION / Historical / General.
FICTION / Women.
FICTION / Friendship.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Fiction.
Earthquakes--Fiction.
Natural disasters--Fiction.
Mail order brides--Fiction.
Irish fiction--California.
Friendship--Fiction.
Brides--Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.)
California--San Francisco.
Irish fiction.
Earthquakes.
Friendship.
Mail order brides.
Natural disasters.
California.
California--San Francisco.
Friendships.
Earthquakes--Fiction.
Natural disasters--Fiction.
Brides--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction.
1906
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

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.

ISBN:

0451492196
9780451492197
0451492188
9780451492180

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1153496055

LCCN:

2020022072

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive) — Copies: 16 — Kit notes: + 1 LP