03017cam a2200361 4500 562158386 TxAuBib 20220623120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593346952 0593346955 be5f642a-7484-436a-b035-d06f0b9aad24 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5522741 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Meissner, Susan, 1961- The Nature of Fragile Things [Libby]. Books on Tape, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 293MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 293MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>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.</b><br /> 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 handsome. Sophie 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> From the acclaimed author of <i>The Last Year of the War</i> and <i>As Bright as Heaven</i> comes a gripping novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity. Media Type: Audiobook. Audie Award Nominee. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-06-23 20:00:02. Collins, Alana Kerr. Culp, Jason. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/5522741-TheNatureOfFragileThings.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=be5f642a-7484-436a-b035-d06f0b9aad24&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/5522741-TheNatureOfFragileThings.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=be5f642a-7484-436a-b035-d06f0b9aad24&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXOLT