The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson

Historical fiction that dives into a little known true story of a small town disaster in 1928 and the grief it caused then and ripples in the generations that followed. Twins Daisy and Rose just wanted to have some fun but no one knew that one Flowers girl along with most of the young people in town would not come home that night or be left severely injured due to a massive explosion of the dance hall. 50 years later a new Daisy is deposited on her grandmother's doorstep while mom goes off with the latest boyfriend. Daisy hopes she will only be there a short time with her grandmother the town mortician but a timely newspaper internship and the discovery of the tragedy no one will talk about changes everything. The dual timeline offers these universal truths - young people always seek to rebel a bit, time doesn't heal every old wound and every family has its share of secrets. Coming of age in the Roaring Twenties and 70's in small town America that will have readers of LAST DANCE ON THE STARLIGHT PIER and SHOOT THE MOON dancing in their seat. ​  4 stars