Lauren is a wealthy college student who is trying to distance herself from her family's expectations. She takes a part time job from 83 year old Abigale Boyles, transcribing a journal written by Mercy Heyworth during the Salem Witch trials. The book alternates the two voices and opens up Lauren...
The Chinese legend of the red string of fate suggests that two people are connected by an invisible red thread and are destined to be lovers, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. In Susan Meissner's most recent book, A Fall of Marigolds, that red thread is replaced by a stunning copper sca...
This book was set in Fredericksburg, VA, but the story focused on a single house in town, so it felt as if it were set out in the country. The beginning and end of the book are set in the modern day, with a center section consisting of letters from the Civil War. It seemed like it was going to ...
Loved this book and Susan is definitely one of my "new" favorite authors. I loved the tongue in cheek conversation between Present Jane and Wilson regarding Historical Fiction on Lady Jane Gray. "It's still Fiction". I liked the twist on the story that everyone thinks they know about Lady Jane an...
I would rate this 2.5 stars. I picked it because it's about a family taking in their niece as a foster kid. :-) It's all about family secrets and figuring out the past - the high school boy's past tragedy in a fire, and family events in the holocaust. The fire was waaaaay over-explained, way ...