A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner FIC Mei

 

I loved this book.  It alternates between two catastrophic events in New York City - 9/ll and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911.  Clara Wood was a survivor of the Fire - but the man she felt she was destined to love perished when he jumped out of a window.  She was responsible for him being in harm's way that day.  Her grief and guilt has about destroyed her.  To hide from her emotions she goes to Ellis Island to work as a nurse.

Taryn Michaels works in a specialty fabric store. She lives above the store with her ten-year-old daughter.  Although she thinks she has herself together 10 years after the Towers fell, it is apparent that she doesn't.  A photographer finds some long-lost pictures of that day and suddenly Taryn's picture is on the front page of a magazine. Her husband died that day because he was waiting for her - and she was late.

What do these two women have in common?  A beautiful scarf with a design of marigolds.  This is a great read!