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On the day of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, Claire, a young wife and mother who idolizes Jackie Kennedy, questions whether to remain in a secure yet loveless marriage or to pursue the man she loves—perhaps the father of her unborn child. In 1919, decades earlier, Vivien Lowe, a meticulous obituary writer, searches for the lost lover who vanished during the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. As Vivien composes obituaries, she helps others process grief while confronting the devastation of her own loss. The unexpected connection between these two women reshapes Claire’s destiny in profound and extraordinary ways.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Ann Hood
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