Tell boredom to take a hike … with Sisters of Fortune in hand. Released just six days ago, has anyone read it? Is this a book that interests you?
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This book is of interest over here! My oldest and I plan to read it together. He loves everything about the Titanic and will take anything he can get his hands on related to Titanic. We look forward to this one coming out next week!
SISTERS OF FORTUNE by Anna Lee Huber
If you loved the movie, “Titanic”, what can I say? Flora and Chess Kinsey can’t even begin to compare to Rose and Jack Dawson. I mean, really, he didn’t even teach her how to spit with gusto!
Kidding aside, the first half of the book spends a lot of time describing the magnificent accoutrements of the Titanic as well as the fashions of frivolous debutants in 1912. And there are many characters to meet. But the author did her homework. Most of these characters were actual passengers on the doomed Ship of Dreams. And some of their back stories are quite interesting as is much of the detail about the ship which, of course, the movie couldn’t adequately cover.
Other than the tragic disaster itself, the storyline pretty much revolves around one family, The Fortunes, fom Winnipeg, Canada who are returning from a grand tour of Europe and the Middle East. Huber has taken some creative license with the individual sisters. So be sure to read the Author’s Notes at the end to separate fact from fiction.
If you are an aficionado of all things Titanic, you will enjoy this book. If you aren’t, move on to a different disaster.