Description:
Based on a true story. Chicago, 1937. A disgraced nurse, a grieving socialite, and a mentally challenged girl with a bag of paper fortunes-bound by one child at a home for destitute women. Told in three voices.
Brief description: Michelle Cox has always been obsessed with stories of the past and has spent a lifetime collecting them. She is the award-winning author of historical fiction, including the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, The Fallen Woman's Daughter, Paper Fortunes, and The Merriweather Novels. Cox also pens the wildly popular, "Novel Notes of Local Lore," a weekly blog chronicling the lives of Chicago's forgotten residents. She lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with her husband, an assortment of children, and a naughty Goldendoodle. Unbeknownst to most, she hoards board games she doesn't have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade.