Book The Nature of Fragile Things
Author: Susan Meissner
Pages: 509
This is my 74th read for the year
What Amazon Says:
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 NY tenement that seh 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 5 year ld daughter, his odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right. Then one earl-spring evening, a strager at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden tiesto 2 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 belif that love can overcome fear.
This was a great book. I am a big fan of Susan Messiner - "Fall of Marigolds" one of my favorite books of all time. She is a solid writer, and she keeps you wanting to turn pages to see where the story is going. The first half of the book was better than the second, but it finishes solidly. I liked most of the characters (the ones you are supposed to like) and was pulling for the 3 women in this book to make it to the end. It wasn't as good as her past reads, for me, so I dropped it a star, but overall I am glad I read it.
Stars: 4
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