“When people are thrown into an abyss and together find their way out of it, they are not the same people. They are bound to one another, forever linked together at the core of who they are because it was together they escaped a terrible fate.”

A compelling story of an Irish immigrant turned mail order bride with a touch of both historical fiction and suspense.   I’m not sure what one would have expected life to be like after answering an ad to marry through a newspaper in the early 1900s.  But I’d say it’s safe to assume that what happened to Sophie was completely unexpected.  

One man’s unscrupulousness upends the lives of three women.  But together, these females become the picture of perseverance, hope, and strength.  I love a good story of resiliency, and I love strong female protagonists…Meissner definitely exemplified both in this story.