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I first learned about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in my women's studies class my freshman year of college. I saw this book on the shelf and pulled it off in the hopes that it might center around this event, and it did, but it did so much more. Not only did this give an incredibly vivid account of what it must have been like to work in the factory and also be in the fire, but it also described life as an immigrant, a worker with no rights, and a woman living around the turn of the century. I also loved Rebecca's partner, George--though normally sublplots like that have me bored and skimming, I was mesmerized by George and how he composes. I found myself enjoying those parts as much as the parts about the fire.

If that wasn't enough, Weber makes this into a mystery--as her grandmother's account of the fire has some holes in it. This was a great, quick read. Recommend it highly.