Book Review and A Question

 

 

 When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection focusing on artifacts recovered from the steamship Pulaski, she's shocked. The ship sank after a boiler explosion in 1838, and the wreckage was just discovered, 180 years later. Everly can't resist the opportunity to try to solve some of the mysteries and myths surrounding the devastating night of its sinking.

Everly's research leads her to the astounding history of a family of eleven who boarded the Pulaski together, and the extraordinary stories of two women from this family: a known survivor, Augusta Longstreet, and her niece, Lilly Forsyth, who was never found, along with her child. These aristocratic women were part of Savannah's society, but when the ship exploded, each was faced with difficult and heartbreaking decisions. This is a moving and powerful exploration of what women will do to endure in the face of tragedy, the role fate plays, and the myriad ways we survive the surviving.

 It was called "The Titanic of the South." The luxury steamship sank in 1838 with Savannah's elite on board; through time, their fates were forgotten--until the wreck was found, and now their story is finally being told in this breathtaking novel.
I enjoyed this book immensely. Because it is based on a real life tragedy it was even more enthralling.
The book alternates chapters between 1938 and the present day  and as I often do in such a case I would read several chapters of THEN and go back and read the chapters I skipped.
I recently read The Favorite Daughter by the same author which I also enjoyed. That book's author is listed as Patti Callahan Henry.  

Has anyone used dryer balls?  I've been wanting to stop buying dryer sheets and am thinking of making my own dryer balls. There are numerous sites that tell how to do that. I just wondered if it keeps clothes from sticking together like the sheets do.

I'll be back tomorrow with my pie for PI day. DH brought home a big bag of apples that he was given. They're small and some have spots but they'll make wonderful apple pie.

 

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