La sciarpa ricamata

The story set in 1911 was kind of ridiculous. The main character falls in love so many times and so easily that it is not believable. Her despair at losing someone who she barely knew can not compare to the heartache of the main character of the modern story. The modern story of a woman whose husban Leggi tutto

3.5 stars "The marigold insisted I not give up. They are very resilient flowers, you know.... They aren't fragrant like roses and sweet peas, but they can stand against odds that the more fragile flowers cannot.... They can bloom in the fall, even after a frost. Even after all other flowers have give Leggi tutto

This book tells the stories of two women after two horrific events in history and alternates in time periods one hundred years apart, 1911 and 2011. Clara and Taryn’s stories revolve around the aftermaths of events in New York, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911 and the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Leggi tutto

I had an odd and ambivalent journey with this book that weaves together the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 and the 9/11/01 World Trade Center attack. Obviously I wasn't alive for the Shirtwaist fire that killed three floors of locked-in garment workers, but I did live through 9/11. And, l Leggi tutto

I love when a story resonates with me as deeply as this one did. It is that feeling of being richer for just having read it. An interesting cast of characters with some predictability but overall a quick and enjoyable read. The story is about two women, their lives lived a century apart yet entwined Leggi tutto

I won’t be able to stop thinking of Taryn and Clara for a while. Taryn is a single mom in 2011 - she is a single mom because her husband died in the North Tower on 9/11 10 years earlier on the same day she found out she was pregnant. Clara is a young nurse in 1911- she wanted to get away from her sl Leggi tutto