Publisher's Synopsis
This is an amazing depiction of this very important era in United States History.
It tells a story friendship between two girls. Cecilia is Catholic. Rose is Jewish. Their worlds seem so different as they struggle to find hope in New York City's crowded tenements in 1911. Fate and circumstance bring them unlikely pair together, but they must keep their friendship secret until they are forced to work in a garment factory to support their families. When a fire erupts at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, the friends bravely face the tragedy together, forever altering both of their futures.
