In "Bunner Sisters," Edith Wharton explores the quiet, constrained lives of Ann Eliza and Evelina Bunner, sisters and shopkeepers in the changing landscape of late 19th-century New York. Their routine world shifts when Ann Eliza buys a secondhand clock for Evelina's birthday, introducing them to the enigmatic clockmaker Herman Ramy. What follows is a heartrending tale of love, sacrifice, and the harsh realities of poverty, as the sisters' bond is tested in ways they never anticipated.