In the prologue of the novel Grace Winter is in prison and on trial. What did this 22-year old widow do? No, that would be too obvious - she did not kill her husband. In chapter one the flashback begins and it finds Grace in a lifeboat (!) adrift in the Atlantic. She and her new husband, Henry, had been sailing home to America when their ocean liner sinks following an explosion. (This story takes place in 1914 so think WWI for possible reasons.) Henry makes sure that Grace is safe on a boat. And Henry?? Well, you'll will have to read it to find out. There have been other 'lifeboat' stories written before and I must confess that there are many similarities between this novel and those others. It seems that people in lifeboats all have similar stories - so it is the personal backgrounds of the people that make the difference. I enjoyed reading this debut novel and look forward to her next one.
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