Sometimes, in order to move forward, it’s important to look backward. Whenever I’m working on revamping aspects of my life, I tend to look back and see where I’ve been to remind myself of where I’m going and how far I’ve come. In Sofia Grant’s The Daisy Children, main character Katie Garrett does just that. She looks at the past as though it’s an onion with many layers to be peeled in order to see where she fits in within her family’s history.
The novel is based upon true events, including the 1937 gas explosion that killed almost 300 students and teachers. Following the explosion, a group of mothers became pregnant and gave birth to a group of children meant to “replace” those who were lost.
I cannot imagine losing my children this way, nor could I imagine thinking that a new child would replace the one lost. The novel takes off from that idea and explores the consequences of these actions in the following generations.
About The Daisy Children
• Paperback: 432 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (August 7, 2018)
Inspired by true events, in Sofia Grant’s powerfully moving new novel a young woman peels back the layers of her family’s history, discovering a tragedy in the past that explains so much of the present. This unforgettable story is one of hope, healing, and the discovery of truth. Sometimes the untold stories of the past are the ones we need to hear… When Katie Garrett gets the unexpected news that she’s received an inheritance from the grandmother she hardly knew, it couldn’t have come at a better time. She flees Boston—and her increasingly estranged husband—and travels to rural Texas. There, she’s greeted by her distant cousin Scarlett. Friendly, flamboyant, eternally optimistic, Scarlett couldn’t be more different from sensible Katie. And as they begin the task of sorting through their grandmother’s possessions, they discover letters and photographs that uncover the hidden truths about their shared history, and the long-forgotten tragedy of the New London school explosion of 1937 that binds them.
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About Sofia Grant
Sofia Grant has the heart of a homemaker, the curiosity of a cat, and the keen eye of a scout. She works from an urban aerie in Oakland, California. Find out more about Sofia at her website, and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
