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In the soot-choked backstreets of 1840s Birmingham, Clara Wren is a girl stitched together with silence, soot, and rebellion. Trapped beneath the weight of a dead mother, a drunk father, and a world that condemns women who want, she carries a secret that could burn her life to the ground. Her heart beats only for Edith—her best friend, her forbidden dream, her greatest ache. But in a world where love like theirs is unspeakable, Clara’s defiance comes with a cost. When discovery sparks scandal and exile, Clara flees the flames of her past into a future shaped by memory, longing, and a choice no one will witness.