With the flood of Titanic documentaries and books coming out this year in honor of the 100th anniversary, I had to find time to read at least one. Although there are details given about the sinking, this book is more about how surviving the Titanic affected the lives of those people. We learn about only a small fraction of the 705 survivors of course. Wilson was able to access some 'new' information that came from letters, memoirs and diaries. He also relied on interviews that had been done with family members of survivors. It was interesting how some of the survivors shared the story with their family and others would not allow it be mentioned. Some were hailed as heroes but couldn't deal with the survivor's guilt. Others were seen as villains and couldn't deal with the shame. One thing that shocked me was the number of divorces in the lives of these people. If you like history and stories of human behavior this was a great one. I imagine a story told about the survivors of 9/11 would have many similarities to this book.
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