This author explores complex family dynamics and societal expectations through historical fiction. Her writing is characterized by deep character insight and meticulous attention to period detail. Through her narratives, she crafts compelling stories about women navigating the challenges of the past. Her works celebrate the strength of community and resilience in the face of adversity.
A heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to realise their unique gift of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places. How much of our lives is fate, and how much is choice?
A Novel. Two estranged sisters, raised in Brooklyn and each burdened with her own shocking secret, are reunited at the Springfield Armory in the early days of WWII. While one sister lives in relative ease on the bucolic Armory campus as an officers wife, the other arrives as a war widow and takes a position in the Armory factories as a soldier of production. Resentment festers between the two, and secrets are shattered when a mysterious figure from the past reemerges in their lives.
For fans of Lilac Girls, the next powerful novel from the author of Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist The Two-Family House about two sisters working in a WWII armory, each with a deep secret.
A moving and evocative debut set in a two-family brownstone in 1950s Brooklyn, unraveling a multigenerational story woven around a deeply buried family secret.