Fall of the Marigolds
“Fall of the Marigolds” is written by author Susan Meissner.
Susan writes her books with an object that pulls two time period together.
There are many correlations between both stories. In this book, the object is a
scarf with a print of marigolds . The first time period takes place on Ellis
Island in September 1911. The second time period is during the 9/11 fall of the
Twin Towers. The two stories intertwine and eventually are pulled together by
the story of the scarf. What I liked most was Susan’s storytelling techniques.
I like reading a story, that leaves you wishing for the rest of the story and
curious as to how it will unfold yet not wanting the story to end. The
characters are revealed by their choices and actions. This book is about
family, friendship, love, bravery, fear and humanities view of two difficult
times in American history. The big lesson here is the beauty of perception and
how we all have a choice in our perceptions in life. Given we don’t always know all the
information or sequences of events to know if our perception is correct. Knowing
the other sides of the story can make all the difference in our truly
understanding the challenges we all meet in life. Sometimes if we are lucky as
our characters, we learn, with time, the whole story and how our influences in helping others to meet
their challenges, will be reviled to us.
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