The Lifeboat (Audio)
ISBN:
9781611131802 (1611131804)
Publish date: April 8th 2012
Publisher: AudioGO
Edition language: English
Another book that has been stuck on my list because of a different challenge. I realized a while ago that I didn't think I would like it but I still needed to and that may have affected my reading. The book follows Grace Winter who was on the ship Empress Alexandria when it shipwrecked in 1914. Sh...
On the eve of the First World War newly-wed Grace Winter is cast adrift in a lifeboat with thirty nine others when the transatlantic liner on which she is a passenger founders and sinks. This is the story of how and why she survives while many of her fellow passengers perish. It's told in Grace's wo...
Seit ich den Klappentext zu "In einem Boot" gelesen hatte, war mir klar, dass ich dieses Buch einfach lesen muss. Ich wurde zwar nicht enttäuscht, aber einen kleinen Kritikpunkt gibt es von mir dennoch...Grace schreibt die Ereignisse auf, die sich in dem Rettungsboot nach der Explosion des Ozeandamp...
I'm not a big fan of boats: I've only been on one cruise (not counting annual booze cruises in Aruba). I have, however, read two unforgettable yarns set in lifeboats in the past few months. The first one was Unbroken, which I read and liked earlier this year, and now this one. It is a remarkable ach...
“I wondered if all a person could hope for was illusion and luck, for I was forced to conclude that the world was fundamentally and appallingly dangerous. It is a lesson I will never forget.”"The Lifeboat" by Charlotte Rogan is a book about basic human nature, and the things we are willing to sacrif...
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