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The nature of fragile things  Cover Image Book Book

The nature of fragile things / Susan Meissner.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780451492180
  • ISBN: 0451492188
  • ISBN: 9780451492197
  • ISBN: 0451492196
  • Physical Description: 367 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 4 / 5.0

Content descriptions

Summary, etc.:
"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 New York tenement that she 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 five-year-old daughter, his odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two 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 belief that love can overcome fear. 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.
Subject: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 > Fiction.
Earthquakes > Fiction.
Natural disasters > Fiction.
Mail order brides > Fiction.
Irish fiction > California > San Francisco.
Friendship > Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Fiction.
Natural disasters > Fiction.
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906 > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Tremblements de terre > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Catastrophes naturelles > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mariage par correspondance > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Roman irlandais > Californie > San Francisco.
AmitiƩ > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 > Fiction.
Earthquakes > Fiction.
Natural disasters > Fiction.
Mail order brides > Fiction.
Irish fiction > California.
Friendship > Fiction.
Brides > Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.)
California > San Francisco.
Friendships.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 36 of 46 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon. (Show)

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 46 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon FIC MEI (Text) 33430147648489 Adult Fiction Checked out 05/08/2024
Ansonia Public Library FIC MEISSNER, SUSAN (Text) 34045120738617 Adult Fiction Available -
Babcock Library - Ashford F Mei (Text) 33110150616082 Adult Fiction Available -
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted FIC MEISSNE (Text) 33750000079945 Adult New Fiction Available -
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton FIC Mei (Text) 33160148499836 Adult Fiction Available -
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport FIC MEISSNER (Text) 34000147990659 Adult Fiction Available -
Brookfield Library F/MEISSNER (Text) 34029146697924 Adult Fiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown FIC MEI (Text) 34014147251319 Adult Fiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown FIC MEI (Text) 34014148579858 Adult Fiction Checked out 04/26/2024
Deep River Public Library F Meis (Text) 36039001196969 Adult Fiction Available -


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