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The Nature of Fragile Things

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The Nature of Fragile Things

Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant who answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a San Francisco widower named Martin Hocking, a man she knows nothing about. She quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's 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. The fates of Sophie and two other women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake of 1906, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear.

The Nature of Fragile Things
by Susan Meissner

  • Publication Date: January 4, 2022
  • Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley
  • ISBN-10: 0451492196
  • ISBN-13: 9780451492197