6/30/2023 0 Comments Book the nature of fragile things![]() That’s fine by Sophie, who wasn’t looking for a sweeping romance. When she arrives in San Francisco, she marries widower Martin Hocking that same day – he’s extremely handsome, but also very withdrawn and doesn’t seem particularly interested in her. ![]() She’s an Irish immigrant living in New York City and the conditions in her tenement are so awful that she figures trading it in for a warm house and enough food is a safe enough gamble. The book centers around the massive San Francisco earthquake of 1906, but the story begins a few years before that fateful morning when Sophie Whalen answers a newspaper ad for a mail-order bride. I just finished listening to it a few days ago and I really enjoyed it! The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner ![]() So when I saw that she had a new book, The Nature of Fragile Things, coming out this year, I added it, unread, to the 2021 Everyday Reading Book Club lineup. ![]() I read her phenomenal book, As Bright As Heaven, a couple of years ago and although it took me a bit to get into the story, by the end, I couldn’t read fast enough and I understood why people love her so much. When I ask about favorite historical fiction writers, Susan Meissner is one of the MOST mentioned names. ![]()
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