Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic—a seamless blend of fact and fiction that explores the tragedy’s impact and its lasting repercussions on survivors and their descendants.Ireland, 1912. Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic, hoping to find a better life … Titanic, hoping to find a better life in America. For seventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy, the journey is bittersweet. Though her future lies in an unknown new place, her heart remains in Ireland with Séamus, the sweetheart she left behind. When disaster strikes, Maggie is one of the lucky few passengers in steerage who survives. Waking up alone in a New York hospital, she vows never to speak of the terror and panic of that terrible night ever again.
Chicago, 1982. Adrift after the death of her father, Grace Butler struggles to decide what comes next. When her Great Nana Maggie shares the painful secret she harbored for almost a lifetime about the Titanic, the revelation gives Grace new direction—and leads her and Maggie to unexpected reunions with those they thought lost long ago.
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I am so glad I picked this book to read. I usually stay away from Titanic stories, however this one seemed to be a bit different and I was right. Two timelines run through the book binding the two main characters seamlessly. Information from the tragedy needed for the story is given in an organic way, not forced and it was just very easy, very …
One of my all time favorite books. Hazel Gaynor takes an event in history and makes it real in the lives of the passengers who survived and perished in the sinking of this magnificent boat. History comes alive in this story of the fourteen members of a small village in Ireland.
Maggie Murphy is a 17-year-old orphan when she embarks on the Titanic with her aunt Kathleen and 12 others from Ballysheen, Ireland, bound for a new life in America. For Maggie, the departure is bittersweet: she longs to see her aunt’s beloved Chicago, but her heart is in Ballysheen, and with one Séamus, in particular. One of very few steerage …
This was the first book I read by Hazel Gaynor. It was beautiful and thought -provoking. I could,t put it down.
I love the Titanic, always have. I don’t know why but the whole thing, the tragedy and the splendor, is just fascinating to me. I got “The Girl Who Came Home” on a BookBub deal and am definitely glad I read it, but It was very slow and, at times, confusing. There is a whole story line I think the story didn’t need. That being said, then the author …
This book was really interesting to me. It reminded me of the movie. I enjoyed the book as much as I did the movie. I would definitely recommend this book.
This story is both sad and happy. The way it is written made me feel like I was right there onboard that ill fated ship along with Maggie. I felt terror at the thought of drowning in that icy water. This huge loss of humanity in such an adventurous and exciting era always fascinated me. I guess because it’s almost unbelievable. But this author …
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor
1912: Maggie Murphy and a number of folks from her hometown in Ireland board the Titanic and set out toward a new life in America. Aboard ship they befriend a steward, Harry, who ends up providing assistance, just when Maggie and her friends need help the most. Will Maggie and her countrymen survive the …
It is always interesting to read a book about the Titanic. Loved the narration of the book for the 1912 time period. The narration for the 1980’s started good but then it became too predictable
4.5
What is it about Titanic that still holds us in its thrall, more than 100 years after it sank on its maiden voyage? Whatever it is, this book allows us to travel with one of its passengers on that fateful trip, Maggie, her aunt, and a group of friends and neighbors. We get to share with them their excitement of the adventure, the sadness of …
One of the first books I read on my Kindle and I loved it.
I loved it.
I like that it was based on the Perish from Ireland that had 14 people on the Titnac.
Loved the caracteres.
I absolutely love this book! I felt like I was on the titanic with Maggie! Very well written book that I highly recommend!
Read like a real memoir of a Titanic survivor. I can understand why a person who survived such a tragedy would not want to talk about it but glad she finally did so she could be at peace.
This book bounces from the present to the past and back. There are many informational historical experiences interspersed with Maggie’s memories. The reader becomes a passenger on board the Titanic from when she boarded the ship until that fateful night and we travel back in time to relive the tragedy she experienced so many years ago.
Just enjoyable
more digestible and believable about someone’s trip on the Titanic (more so than the famous movie).