Charlotte Rogan
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying newlyweds Grace Winter and her husband Henry across the Atlantic mysteriously explodes. Henry secures for Grace a seat in a lifeboat, which it's occupants quickly relize is over capacity. For any to live, some must die. As the castaways battle the elements and each other, Grace remembers the unorthodox way she and Henry met and ponders the life of privilage she thought she'd found. Will she...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A provocative novel about the fallout from a search for truth by the author of the national bestseller "The Lifeboat. "For Maggie Rayburn--wife, mother, and secretary at a munitions plant--life is pleasant, predictable, and, she assumes, secure. When she finds proof of a high-level cover-up on her boss's desk, she impulsively takes it, an act that turns her world, and her worldview, upside down. Propelled by a desire to do good--and also by a newfound...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Forced into an overcrowded lifeboat after a mysterious explosion on their trans-Atlantic ocean liner, newly widowed Grace Winter battles the elements and her fellow survivors and remembers her husband, Henry, who set his own safety aside to ensure Grace's.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The sinking of an ocean liner leaves a newly married woman battling for survival in this powerful debut novel.
Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life.
In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying her and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside his own safety, Henry secures Grace a place in a lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize...
Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life.
In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying her and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside his own safety, Henry secures Grace a place in a lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize...