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The Last Lifeboat
by Hazel Gaynor
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Based on true events, The Last Lifeboat uses the real life sinking of the SS City of Benares as inspiration. Focusing on a group of seavacues escaping WWII for Canada when the ship is torpedoed. Alice King finds herself as the only woman on the last lifeboat, but with the search called off, how can they possibly survive. Meanwhile, Lily, a mother desperately awaiting news may be their only hope.
Beautifully told, The Last Lifeboat explores a lesser known element of the war. Hard choices to be made in terrifying times, and as a mum I really felt the torment. As the repercussions are felt at home, the lifeboat scenes are scary. The sense of being trapped amid great expanse, completely helpless comes across so well.
I cannot wait to read Hazel’s back catalogue, for me this was practically perfect historical fiction.
Beautifully told, The Last Lifeboat explores a lesser known element of the war. Hard choices to be made in terrifying times, and as a mum I really felt the torment. As the repercussions are felt at home, the lifeboat scenes are scary. The sense of being trapped amid great expanse, completely helpless comes across so well.
I cannot wait to read Hazel’s back catalogue, for me this was practically perfect historical fiction.