When Margaret Rose Nolan gets on board the ship to America from Ireland, she never expected what she got. In this well-written historical fiction by Mary Jane Auch, Rose has all her family, except her little sister Maureen, leave her in America and go back to Ireland to live their lives there. Rose and Maureen, determined to make a living, rent a small room. Rose gets a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (after failing a sweatshop job making paper flowers) to make her living. Rose is living quite happily, drinking tea, buying bread, and making friends. However, one day everything changes for Rose, Maureen and many others as well. When a horrible fire takes over the Triangle Shirtwaist factory (where Maureen has been recently employed) Rose isn't sure if her life will ever be the same, or if she will even be alive.
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