Petals Before Dawn

A split silver pendant and a leather pouch of dried rose petals are all that connect a Moroccan mother to the daughter she surrendered to save. In 1947, as French soldiers descend on Morocco's Dadès Valley, Fatima Amari makes the impossible choice to entrust her infant girl to a departing French nurse. Decades of silence, a cruel lie, and an ocean of grief separate them—until the rose harvest brings an unexpected stranger to Fatima's door, carrying the other half of everything she lost.