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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This is a beautiful story of a great grandmother’s story surviving the tragedy of the Titanic. She carried this secret through most of her life until she share it it’s her great grand daughter, Grace. They both navigate through the pain and history of those lost together. This Is a sweet, emotional read. Thank you to the Book Club Girl, William …
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor is a historical fiction that also serves as a dual timeline between 1912 and 1982. Maggie, a young Irish girl traveling on the ill-fated Titanic gives us a glimpse of the “below deck” classes and accommodations, as well as, the harrowing tale of destruction in person. Alternating that from the story line of …
Loved this book and all of Hazels books. Her writing ia like art!
I wasn’t sure that I wanted to read The Girl Who Came Home. Since our son died from cancer, I have avoided sad books. But I decided to go on and see how it was handled and I am so glad that I did! It begins with Maggie telling her great granddaughter for the first time the story of when she and 13 others from her small Irish village decide to sail …
This was one of the best books I’ve ever read
this was one of the very best i ever read
very interesting encounter after the tragedy
One of the best books I’ve ever read..Would highly recommend it.
Enough actual history is included in this book to make the story very believable.
Can never get enough about the Titanic’s tragic story. Based on truth with ficticious characters it was a book I couldn’t put down. I truly enjoyed this book.
Not as great as her other books, but still worth reading.
Loved the history.
Everything I read historical fiction for!
Loved this!
Loved it
Great book.
Loved this version of the Titanic. Great historical read!
Excellent historical fiction.
I have read 178 books out loud to my husband since 2010 when he had cancer. He is cured but I still continue to read to him every night. I read “The Girl Who Came Home” to him and we both enjoyed the book every much,
Loved it.