Two women. Two tragedies. One scarf that binds them across a century.
In 1911, nurse Clara Wood isolates herself on Ellis Island after the man she loved died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Haunted by grief, she finds purpose in caring for immigrants—until a name embroidered on a patient’s scarf unlocks a mystery that forces her to confront the truths she has avoided.
In 2011, Taryn Michaels is raising her daughter alone, still shadowed by the day she lost her husband in the World Trade Center collapse. When a long-lost photograph resurfaces, Taryn’s past and present collide in unexpected ways.
A Fall of Marigolds is a moving, emotionally layered novel about love, loss, and the fragile threads of connection that carry us forward, even when everything else feels lost.
