The Girl Who Came Home: A Novel Of The Titanic

Inspired by true events, The Girl Who Came Home isthe poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic-aseamless blend of fact and fiction that explores the tragedy''s impact and itslasting repercussions on survivors and their descendants.

Ireland, 1912. Fourteen members of a small village set sailon RMS Titanic, hoping to find a better life in America. Forseventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy, the journey is bittersweet. Though her futurelies in an unknown new place, her heart remains in Ireland with Séamus, thesweetheart she left behind. When disaster strikes, Maggie is one of the luckyfew passengers in steerage who survives. Waking up alone in a New Yorkhospital, she vows never to speak of the terror and panic of that terriblenight ever again.

Chicago, 1982. Adrift after the death of her father, GraceButler struggles to decide what comes next. When her Great Nana Maggie sharesthe painful secret she harbored for almost a lifetime about the Titanic, the revelation gives Grace newdirection-and leads her and Maggie to unexpected reunions with those theythought lost long ago.