Goodreads asked Michele Poague:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Michele Poague I had been doing research on the book I’m presently working on and fell asleep. When I woke up this scene was playing in my mind: a young dark-haired woman was frantically trying to move a broken beam from an old woman’s chest. Flames licked at the walls and smoke blurred the scene. The old woman was pleading with the younger one to take care of her husband. Sitting up in bed, I asked myself; who were these women and how they came to be in this horrible fire. Silly as it seems, I asked them and then let my mind wander. By lunchtime I knew their story. As I got to know them better, I learned about their friends and family as well.

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