The Titanic Sisters: A Riveting Story of Strength and Family

THE TITANIC SISTERS by Patricia Falvey Two very dissimilar sisters join the ill-fated Titanic voyage. They are both anxious to be going to America, for very different reasons. Nora Sweeney, the eldest sister has been given the money for passage on the Titanic by a distant relative, seeking a governess for his young daughter. Nora has lived a pampered life, her ma dotes on her on an obsessive level. She always gets lots of beautiful clothes and doesn't have to do any work on the farm, inside or out. She is vivacious and curvy. She often joins her ma in the vicious attacks on Delia. Delia Sweeney, is quite shy, preferring to work with her da on the farm, she would love to stay at the farm forever, helping her da, but the situation with her ma is impossible, she knows that she will die, if she has to spend much longer, being subjected to her ma and sister's taunts. She expresses the desire to go to America on the Titanic but knows there is no possible way for her to come up with the passage funds. Da Sweeney devises a brilliant plan to get both of his daughters on board the Titanic. The book has dual narration between the two sisters. I like the details of life aboard the Titanic, living in rural Ireland, New York City, and Texas. This is an original story, unlike any other Titanic story that I have read. The author is Irish, I like those authors. Many thanks to Kensington Publishing for the complimentary copy of #thetitanicsisters I was under no obligation to post a review.