A beautiful scarf connects two women touched by tragedy in this compelling tale set on historical Ellis Island at the height of the immigration wave and in post-911 Manhattan.
September 1911: On Ellis Island, nurse Clara Wood can’t face returning to Manhattan where the man she loved fell to his death in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. while caring for a fevered immigrant whose own loss mirrors hers, she finds herself caught in a dilemma that compels her to confront the truth about the assumptions she’s made about love. September 2011: On Manhattan’s Upper West Side, 9/11 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 and she is forced to relive the terrible day her husband died – the same day a stranger reached out and saved her. Will a chance reconnection open Taryn’s eyes to the larger forces at work in her life?
Also available in these translations: Czech, Italian, Dutch, Serbian, Slovene, Polish, Estonian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Turkish, Romanian
“[Meissner] creates two sympathetic, relatable characters that readers will applaud. Touching and inspirational.”
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