"A spellbinding, evocative story."
France Quinn is the queen of writing brilliantly addictive, uplifting stories of the underdog triumphing over adversity. I have loved all of her novels, but her latest, The Lost Passenger, is one of her best, and one where you will be routing for her unconventional heroine with every turn of the page.
Elinor Coombes is the daughter of a rich, self-made businessman. She thinks she is living in her very own fairytale when she attracts the attentions of the son of an aristocrat. But once married, she soon discovers the love match she thought she was making, is something else entirely. Miserable and lonely, and only permitted to see her beloved son, Teddy, for a few minutes each day, she jumps at the chance to escape for a time when her father buys tickets for the maiden voyage of the luxury new ocean liner, The Titanic.
When the ship sinks, Elinor sees a chance for her and Teddy to escape their oppressive lives in England. But to succeed, Elinor and Teddy must disappear with the lost ship, and so she adopts the identity of another woman who did not survive. But secrets have a habit of surfacing.
This is a spellbinding, evocative story in which the author takes the reader on a journey from the suffocating, cold world of aristocratic pre-war England, to the overcrowded maelstrom of Lower East Side New York, and the stark contrast of poverty, hope and love she finds there. The terror and tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic are captured without salacious melodrama, and the jeopardy of Elinor as she makes life-altering choices to protect her son and build a new life for them both, is utterly captivating.
In the chaos of that terrible night, her secret went down with the Titanic. But secrets have a way of floating to the surface…
| Primary Genre | Historical Fiction |
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In the chaos of that terrible night, her secret went down with the Titanic. But secrets have a way of floating to the surface… Trapped in an unhappy aristocratic marriage, Elinor Coombes sees only lonely days ahead of her.
The Lost Passenger features in the following genres: Historical Fiction
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The Lost Passenger was written by Frances Quinn and published by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK
The Lost Passenger has 416 pages
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