Grace Winter is a newlywed and probably a widow. Grace thought she was going to live a life of
privilege; that was her plan and instead she is fighting for a place in a
lifeboat. She was on an ocean liner in 1914 when an
explosion blows her world to hell. Survivors in the boat have to make alliances,
they are crucial and might determine who lives and dies. Hardie, the only crew member on the lifeboat is at first
seen as a savior and the one capable of saving
them. He is able to grab fish from the
sea and he puts himself in charge of water rations. The boat is overloaded and
people must be sacrificed for the greater good.
As days go on and people are
more desperate Hardie is seen as evil
and the decision is made to let him go overboard---hard choices must be
made. This is a story that makes one
wonder what one would do to survive. The
story is all told from Grace’s perspective and any action takes place in the boat as people
fight for their right to live. This is an engrossing debut.
~Maggie
Request Lifeboat from the Bangor Public Library
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