The Pearl Button Sisters - Paperback

by Melissa Meyers (Author)

The Pearl Button Sisters is a multi-generational story that connects 1914 to 1986.

In 1914, following the sudden death of her father, eighteen-year-old Anya Odegaard is left orphaned and must take over his dangerous clamming business on Lake Pepin to provide for her seven-year-old sister, Linnea. Faced with navigating a man's world, Anya vows to keep her sister safe at all costs, which forces her to make an impossible choice. Should she follow her heart or what is best for her sister?

In 1986, Michelle Anderson, aimless and reeling from a bad breakup, is sent to spend the summer caring for her Tante Anya in Lake City. When the story of a family heirloom, a pearl necklace, unfolds. Michelle discovers an unexpected connection to her family's past that has ramifications for her future.