In Laura Belfer's City of Light, Lousia Barrett is the headmistress of Macaulay, the most prestigious all-girls school in Buffalo, New York. She dearly misses her best friend Margaret, who secretly adopted Grace with her husband Tom before she passed. Tom is the manager of the hydroelectric power plant being built along Niagara Falls. Louisa’s goal is Grace’s protection. When Louisa was young, President Cleveland took advantage of her, making her become pregnant with Grace. Because she wanted to keep her reputation, she decided to let Margaret adopt her without telling her the identity of Grace’s real mom.
Two ‘accidents’ occur at the power plant, which raises suspicion about Tom and other rich men who invested in electricity. Many doubters of this new technology believe that men are destroying God’s creation. However, Niagara’s powerful falls deteriorate the rock it sits on, which makes the power plant beneficial. People against it were brave to place dynamite in one of the power stations and blow it up. Tom was too clever for their antics and caught Susannah, who was discovered as the murderer of the two plant workers.
Finally, as Louisa became comfortable with herself and her newfound self, Grace dies in an accident in Niagara Falls. She becomes numb with grief for weeks on end, until she accepts that the memory of Margaret and Grace will live on as long as she remembers them.
Two ‘accidents’ occur at the power plant, which raises suspicion about Tom and other rich men who invested in electricity. Many doubters of this new technology believe that men are destroying God’s creation. However, Niagara’s powerful falls deteriorate the rock it sits on, which makes the power plant beneficial. People against it were brave to place dynamite in one of the power stations and blow it up. Tom was too clever for their antics and caught Susannah, who was discovered as the murderer of the two plant workers.
Finally, as Louisa became comfortable with herself and her newfound self, Grace dies in an accident in Niagara Falls. She becomes numb with grief for weeks on end, until she accepts that the memory of Margaret and Grace will live on as long as she remembers them.