The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

Language eng Summary 'April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 - Fiction.Irish fiction - California | San Francisco.Label The nature of fragile things Title The nature of fragile things Statement of responsibility Susan Meissner Creator 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 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. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. 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. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly beautiful. 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.

Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed.

Summary 'April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno.

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner