I really enjoy reading anything about 9/11 just because I remember it so well and lived in upstate NY at the time. The parallels between the 2 events in NYC - 9/11/01 WTC attacks and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911 - was an interesting one to make as well, and I loved Dolly and Ethan and how caring they were towards Clara even when she constantly pushed them away.

That being said I liked Taryn’s portion of the story better than Clara’s. I’ve read briefly about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire before, and the Ellis Island aspect was a new one, but I just didn’t like Clara’s character. I get that she was grieving but she was still pretty self absorbed and rude quite often to those trying to help her. For sure grief can cause some of that but not constantly.