Thank you, Polly. I encourage you to freely share and forward my blogs in context, with proper attribution, and with links back to this website attached. Yummy and beautiful! I love the vitality of the city scenes and vibrant color palette. I can tell when an angel has tapped me on the shoulderit feels light and right and fun. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with the world! We only saw her initial thoughts on the matter. At this time in history, women didnt have a great deal of resources when they found themselves victims of an earthquake or when mistreated or betrayed by a man. Meanwhile, Kat, who believes that her mother Candaces death from tuberculosis is somehow her fault, is traumatized into silence. Very well done historical fiction about the fates of three women during the earthquake of 1906 in San Francisco. I have so enjoyed your recent posts about your garden, your reflections about parenting, your vibrant artwork so many wonderful expressions of Spirit. Wish I had gotten this message 75 years ago. Love the abundance of exotic shapes and colours in the Autumn sunshine! Highly recommend! A wonderful telling of the big earthquake in San Francisco but mostly a delightful read. Belinda stays the night, and all three of them are awoken by Martins return. I have had similar thoughts for some time. There, a federal investigator, US Marshal Ambrose Logan, insists he knows why Sophie let six weeks pass before she reported her husbands disappearance. Thank you, Polly!! LOVE it. The Nature of Fragile Things (Book Review). The mix of genres makes for a particularly interesting read. This blog is so prolific and original, inspiring and joy producing. Copies of photos and artwork are available for purchase in my Gallery. Each woman is a complex character and strong in her own way; together they work a daring plan to save themselves. I have just started this book and am really loving it! Passionate and motherly. They marry the day Sophie arrives in San Francisco, and she quickly adjusts to her new role. While Martin is handsome and respects her wish to sleep in separate bedrooms until they get to know each other, he is also aloof and travels for long periods of time. The Nature of Fragile Things (2021) is the 14th novel by USA Today bestselling historical and womens fiction writer Susan Meissner. Thank you. Love your work, Polly. Thank you for your burst of sunshine reflected in your positivity this morning I look forward to your blogs. By the time these secrets are exposed, Sophie is completely devoted to 5-year old Kat, who has selective mutism. They bring me such joy. I couldnt find a comment option on the post itself. I will enjoy you forever. In 1926, Kat is in Carson City and learns that a man with her fathers description is being tried. Wow! Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination. The historical aspects of the story were well researched, and seamlessly woven into a larger glimpse of true hardship. Im still waiting to see if I might receive an ARC. Polly, I am absolutely amazed. This new painting is called Entering Into Omni-pre, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (Book Review with Quotes), The Naked Dont Fear the Water (Book Review), The Housekeeper and the Professor (Book Review), Blind Contour vs Peek Contour Drawing (Sketchbook Ideas #7), Our Youngest Receives the TA of the Year Award, Two New Abstract Paintings in Monoprint Collage, Are You Perceiving Truth? I do not want to say too much and ruin this captivating story for you. Book Spotlight: The Nature Of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner Release Date: February 2, 2021 About The Book: April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San I just listened to it on the Libby app through my library. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. I find the ideas you share on your blog very encouraging in having a sense of order when it comes to goals and priorities. You are an inspiration! You are proving and sharing truth in a precious, creative, encouraging, and heartfelt way. This blog is upbeat, progressive, sincere, colorful, metaphoric, and exploratory. You show us how Gods love shines in all things. They are always so beautiful and interesting and full of life ! Opening your email this morning truly lifted my Spirit. I just want to say that I have really been enjoying your blog! Blankets? Kat goes toward the people who love her, content that this man is finally paying for his crimes. You are terrific and amazing. Did Martin know of her questionable past? I will continue to benefit. We are going to check on each other, and progress. Letting our true, authentic self come forth! Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated! some very funny but always with love. Her haste to answer Martins advertisement was in part precipitated by the arrival in New York of a girl from the neighboring village who might have recognized her. You brighten my life with your thoughts, views, words, pictures. I love the infinite range of ideas, expression, and media in this BIG blog of yours. I work to amplify good wherever I find it. Thank you Pollyyou are always such a clear thinker and always willing to share your God-given gifts. | Reading Ladies, A Fall of Marigolds: A Review | Reading Ladies, More Books Like These Please! Oh so beautiful! I am vegetarian and look for meals I can make that have lots of flavor. She really captured the Are there any inappropriate scenes? This book reminded me why I return to historical fiction time and time again. Susan Meissner. Id be honored and thrilled if you choose to enjoy and follow along (see subscribe or follow option), promote, and/or share my blog. Thank you for these words of strength, hope, and faith. I have tremendous admiration for your strength, your depth, your compassion, your passion and your love. Newspaper Article by me: Understanding God Helps Alleviate Suffering, So Big (Book Review of 1924 Pulitzer Prize Winner). I love color, texture, beauty, great ideas, nature, metaphor, deliciousness, genuine spirituality, and exploring new territory. The book centers around the massive San Francisco earthquake of 1906, but the story begins a few years before that fateful morning when Sophie Whalen answers a newspaper ad for a mail-order bride. #TopTenTuesday #LetsDiscuss2021 | Reading Ladies, 12 Favorite Books: Happy #NationalBookLoversDay | Reading Ladies, Ten Favorite Book Settings #TopTenTuesday #LetsDiscuss2021 | Reading Ladies, Is a Balanced Reading Life Important? Thank you! Polly, I needed you today and there you were and it was enough. Oh yum, Polly These gorgeous photos made my mouth water and my eyes pop! You are so incredibly sweet, gracious, kind, thoughtful, creative, generous, joyful, witty, courageous, tender, persistent, compassionate, brilliant, articulate, ad infinitum! Thanks so much for this recommendation Polly. WebSpoiler-filled vlog: The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner II Last vlog for Book Club! Thank you Polly for your radiant joy and embrace of each of us, wrapping us in your color and beauty of Soul. WOW! I love this poem, Polly, and I shall read it often! This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful. Ive just finished this book and I loved it! Sophie is an Irish immigrant that comes to the states for a better life. It is almost criminal, IMO, that she wouldn't bring the newspaper and share the information. How significant are the religious elements in the book? I just had to comment on todays blog. Thank you for the blessing of community that you provide. Thank you for this.I absolutely love reading it! Sophie is forced to report the disappearance and see a detective. We are so blessed with your access to nature and your talent to communicate visually. Your tart was just perfect! I am in absolute awe of your thorough and articulate way you describe how all of this works. Thank You for sharing your innermost so openly. It is so good! I heartily agree with them all now I have a bigger perspective on life. Thanks for going deep on this. Your blog is full of the wonderful, multilayered colors and textures that you play with, and share so unselfishly with the world. Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly! Ooh sounds like me and wilbur Smith for historical fiction haha. Thanks so much! Polly, I just love your spirit, innovativeness, receptivity to beauty and to Gods goodness expressed. You are a blessing! Its a rare inspiration that can uncover an aching joy but those poems do that. Polly, what amazing and timely insight in these wise words! Thank you! I loved this book, Polly. Three favorite books by Susan Meissner: A Fall of Marigolds (my favorite of hers! A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. THANK you for sharing so abundantly! Sophie, Belinda, and Kats lives are all intertwined by the upheaving and soon they create their own family. I love seeing them. There is lots that I relate to in your comments! Thank you! The image paired with the text was spot on! A feast to the senses! A powerful message. You are my favorite artist. You amuse-inspire-edify-entertain-inform-uplift-enhance-educate-color!-my days! I found a couple of specific ideas expressed here that apply to a specific situation in my life. Ask the Author. Outstanding message! our only true peace is in pleasing Our Creator! Such a complete radiance of Soul you are demonstrating. I feel the joy and love of the color and thought in all your work! You truly have a way with words: warm; strong; inviting; enlightening; so substantive, and more. You inspire me! Thank you for sharing such a personal, and at the same time, universal, love of beauty. Polly.Im happier because of you; I sure do thank you. Illuminating thoughts, thank you for sharing them. Thanks #NetGalley @BerkleyPub #BerkleyBuddyReads for my complementary e arc of #TheNatureOfFragileThings upon my request. The Nature of Fragile Things is definitely fast paced and a page turner. Your email address will not be published. Just beautiful, Polly. Great review! I dont live in an area with earthquakes but we do have flash flooding, tornadoes & wildfires. It gives me hope for the world. When the devastating earthquake of April 18, 1906, strikes, THE NATURE OF FRAGILE THINGS turns into a nail-biting thriller with all the earmarks of a whopper of a Thank you for your ultra positive, upbeat, cheering and cheerful expressions in so many forms. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. You inspired me to do the same thing. Thank you for your honesty, integrity and willingness to speak out for Truth and Justice!!! [I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but had a lot of interruptions while trying to read it. Copyright LibraryThing and/or members of LibraryThing, authors, publishers, libraries, cover designers, Amazon, Bol, Bruna, etc. Thats what you really do! I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it. Thank you for passing along such wise words. One April evening, Sophie is surprised by the visitor. Your colorful art, your beautiful photography, your tasty looking and well presented dishes, your uplifting ideas, your insightful book reviews, and your wonderful healing work! I have read all of Susan Meissners novels and I found this one better yet different from her other books (such as Lady in Waiting). Hilde, only eighteen, is a true believer in the cause and is thrilled to carry a Nazi official's child. Reader Q&A, Providing us with wonderful refreshment, enlightenment, peace, encouragement, joy, Instead, Sophie finds herself living in a tenement building and working in an umbrella factory with a surplus of Irish immigrant girls just like her. Polly! Oh how I love this! Whether its food or art or nature . Im grateful for you opening my eyes to the wonders that surround us. What lovely Soul-inspired insights! When she encounters Martin Hockings advertisement for a wife and mother in The New York Times, it seems like a form of salvation. The authors descriptive writings captured the time-period and events. You grow people. Thank you for the insight. The authors descriptive writings captured the time-period and events. Thank you for sharing the joy of your trip with us. Such a lovely and detailed review! You have a great eye for beauty Polly. Ive taken all this glory into my heart today and am grateful for it. I read and feel the security of the hearth and home. Im always the most intrigued by books that are genre benders. Absolutely beautiful!!! Trigger Warnings/Content Consideration: brief reference to spousal abuse and miscarriage. So beautiful, Polly. She really captured the earthquake and its devastation with her word imagery. Thank you for all the delightful imagery! Candace is in a frail state but overjoyed to see her daughter. The two women bond over their shared trauma and agree that Kat cannot continue living between an inn and a medical facility. Your blog is inspiring in its magnification of Soulful goodness! I will refer to it often. Deep and encompassing. When I open my email in the morning I read all the have-to emails first; I save yours to read as dessert. Its a breath of fresh air, beauty, and innovative thinking! The rest is up to us to imagine. Just a wonderland of possibilities and ideas and the materials to explore and discover. [it] was uplifting and instructive. Strange, nothing surprising here. Polly, thanks for amplifying good. Polly, Im grateful for you, your prayerful work, your blog, your art, photos, words and colors. Thank you, Polly!! Sterlingcindysu Thank you so much for recommending it. I don't understand the raves for this. Ive never been in a major earthquake, but this book is so atmospheric that it really brings the panic, fear, and destruction of one to life! This poem is what I needed to further focus on moving out of the fear of COVID.. With appreciation for all you do to magnify good! This is historical fiction that deals with the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I have put together a list of 10 book club discussion questions that will work for any book, and still encourage lively and engaging conversation. Over the next few months, Sophie, who is unable to have children of her own, grows to love Kat and brings her out of her shell. Thank you Polly for sharing those wise words! This book was an enjoyable combination of mystery and historical fiction. I mustve read it half a dozen times or more. Martin travels for work leaving Kat and Sophie alone. I am such a fan of Susan Meissner and her books. Logan then reveals that if Sophie did leave Martin to die, it would be more than this sadistic man deserved, as his crimes also included homicide and an attempt to arrange a sisters suicide. I look forward to your positive thoughts and love. I plan to read it at Sunday Devotional. . This means that at no extra cost to you, I can earn a small percentage of your purchase price. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. She made listening to this novel pure pleasure. You are a shining light and you are definitely using all your wonderful talents. Thats all very helpful for me today, Polly. Invading Martins desk of secrets, they also discover that he killed a woman named Annabeth Bigelow for her inheritance and that Kats mother Candace is still alive in a Tucson medical facility. [] Other books by Susan Meissner Ive reviewed are As Bright As Heaven, A Fall of Marigolds, The Nature of Fragile Things, and The Last Year of the War. The Nature of Fragile Things has secrets, love, lies, loss, friendships, betrayal, a mothers love, and justice. It radiates hope and feeling of calmness. Graciously and lovingly spoken, like a true friend to all. Your food is presented in such an artistic way that it looks beautiful, wholesome and totally delicious!! 2023 Polly Castor. Oooh love books set in San Francisco, even more when its about its past. ), The Last Year of the War. What a breath of fresh air!! Beautiful photos. I love your website, messages, poems and art. Many of the stories carry an element or undercurrent of horror. Love your poetry, your photos, your ideas, your YOU! The Nature of Fragile Things is a complex story that has some thoughtful and powerful themes in it including friendship, working together, trust, found family, survival, second chances, actions taken in desperation, moral ambiguity, and the vulnerability of women. to take charge of the post earthquake calamity, the discovery of Martin's duplicity, and to try to make right Martin's wrongs. While Candace thinks that she and Kat should go and live with a distant cousin in Texas, Sophie persuades her that Kat needs to feel like part of a family circle with Belinda and Sarah and that Candace should join them while she is still alive. Thus, Candace agrees to come to San Rafaela and writes that Sophie will be Kats legal guardian when she dies. I love your blog. This is a beautiful summary and reminder of how we can both individually and collectively dissolve the powerless, baseless lies with Truth. Thank you so much for your fantastic, soulful images your photos really capture the love, joy, camaraderie, power, and intensity of the present moment. I love it! This is one of the BEST explanations of ones understanding of God I have seen in a long time. I love that you live such an active life, have so many interests, and share your insights with me. This left her unable to properly nurture Kat. Polly! Thank you for all your uplifting daily contributions, wherever form they take photos, recipes, artwork, book reviews and smiley faces! Genre/Categories: Historical Fiction, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Friendship, Womens Fiction, Found Family, Thriller. Why did he marry her? Thankfully there is no graphic violence, explicit sex or any profanity. It is just a slice of heaven. Love the poem so so much and the first painting with the trees is INCREDIBLE!! This was a good, entertaining novel with plenty of drama, feel good moments, tenacity of spirit, the promise of love, and the heart-saving reality of friendship. Thank you for all the delightful imagery! I always appreciate your reviews. And Irma, a 44-year-old nurse, is desperate to build a new life for herself after personal devastation. Lets all have a productive day and be joyful! I love your blog. Easy to see why you are much loved. This is such a wonderful venture. The two women figure out that James Bigelow and Martin Hocking are the same man. This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying. Its a mish-mash of all of my favorite genres. This is a fantastic article Pollyso much in it, I know Ill have to re read it at least twice more! I love this poem! Thank you. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. By discovering the fate of all the knights, the Dung Defender will muse about the nature of strength. Its so fun to read books set where you live! Once again Susan Meissner has written another heart-wrenching, heart-stopping historical novel that has managed to truly depict the events of the day, in this case, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Thank you sincerely for your joyful out-pouring of love, light, color, comforting, inspiring words. Thank you for this. Thankful every morning to see another treasure from you in my emails ! I feel blessed this morning to know you in all the ways you reveal good and magnify it. The Nature Of Fragile Things completely had my attention. Lovely Polly! A tale celebrating strong women, female friendships and the special Love the black and white contrasts enhanced by the light. Love your blog. So honest and uplifting. Meissner in her notes said that she tried to put as much historical accuracy into her description of the event as she could, which I really appreciate because even though I like to read fictional books for the most part I love when they also teach me something! Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading. Thanks, and keep on keeping on! I often quote you to others, saying I got the idea from a wonderful friend Ive never actually met. Love your blog. Martin is looking for a wife and mother for his daughter, Katherine, whom he calls Kat. Where are the first responders? After reading one of her novels, I am always searching for words to express what I am feeling. The narration was perfect! WebThe Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner. I appreciate your blog. I am just left in awe ! I must find the higher spiritual path that nature often helps me see. What a beautiful, exciting place! Ill be thinking about it all nightand tomorrow we will break out the paints! A page turner for sure! Love you! Thank you so much for your beautiful heart! I feel like an armchair adventurer. The title pulled me in, but the story itself seems absolutely captivating. I encourage authenticity, nurture creativity, champion sustainability, promote peace, and hope to foster a new renaissance where we all are free to be our most fulfilled, multifaceted, and terrific selves. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with This poem really hit home. I know that she was sheltered from things because she was only 6 or 7 when Martin "fell" down the stairs. Magnificent poem. Thank you Polly!! I enjoy reading your notes from the Bible Lesson. You are such a gem Polly- it is an incredible blessing to daily read your blog! I found it quite enriching and resonate with those true answers. Thank you for sharing its beauty. I am one of your readers who definitely looks forward to a positive message from you every morning. I loved this book, Polly. Read 4,870 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Really enjoyed your poem on Animal magnetism. Thank you for introducing me to wonderful, amazing authors. Perspective is everything and choosing a liberating one blesses everyone, as you point out! Wonderful review Carol! She is a remarkable woman who rises from a life of despair and poverty, calling upon her inner strength to make things better, not only for herself, but for the women all around her as well. Excellent post, dear Polly! I really enjoy reading your blog but I have to say that your monthly Bits and Clips posts and your Grace Notes posts are my favorite :). Historical facts about the San Francisco earthquake are well researched; we wonder where Martin is and what hes up to through most of the story which adds some suspense; a detective questions Sophie throughout the story (in present day) and causes us to wonder if he will bring charges against her; we are concerned about the fate of Martin as a result of the earthquake; and we are presented with issues important to women. Sophie was living in New York after immigrating from Ireland when she saw Martins advertisement for a bride and mother for his daughter, Kat. Every thought you expressed so lovingly. April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. I give this novel five stars; you might enjoy it too. I hope you get a copy! Lets Connect on Instagram @ReadingLadies_book_club, The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner, The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Links Ive Enjoyed This Week 07/02/2021 #WeeklyRoundUpPost #SecretLibraryBookBlog Secret Library Book Blog, The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner Let's Talk Books, February 2021 Reading Wrap Up | Reading Ladies, Winter 2020 TBR #TopTenTuesday | Reading Ladies, 5 Fav Histfic Recs For Mothers | Reading Ladies, Is Summer Reading Season a Thing? I agree with you on all points, Polly. Yes, lots of good flavor triggers in there. Thank you deeply, Polly! Her novels include The Last Year of the War, a Library Reads and Real Simple top pick; As Bright as Heaven, which received a starred review from Library Journal; Secrets of a Charmed Life, a 2015 Goodreads Choice award finalist; and A Fall of Marigolds, named to Booklists Top Ten womens fiction titles for 2014.
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