This one day changed so many lives and the survivors were left with an immense sense of guilt. Conditions on the greatest ship in the world were not grand for them and so to see the sinking and the events before and after through their eyes is a raw and poignant experience. Maggie, represents the voice of the unforgotten steerage passengers and the trauma they all suffered whilst trying to get on board a lifeboat. Hazel has based this novel on a true story of the Addergoole Fourteen, a group of men and women from County Mayo, Ireland and woven it into a tale of realistic heartbreak and human perseverance. Sailing from Southhampton, there is now a Tourist Titanic Trail which features many settings where the crew lived and where they ate and drank before boarding. This account is unique as it’s a fictional one based on real life characters and packed with real life emotions and viewpoints of all those on board the ship that was said to be unsinkable. 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.The story of Titanic is one of the most awful maritime disasters in history. Adrift after the death of her father, Grace Butler struggles to decide what comes next.
Waking up alone in a New York hospital, she vows never to speak of the terror and panic of that terrible night ever again.Ĭhicago, 1982. When disaster strikes, Maggie is one of the lucky few passengers in steerage who survives. Though her future lies in an unknown new place, her heart remains in Ireland with Séamus, the sweetheart she left behind.
For seventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy, the journey is bittersweet. Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic, hoping to find a better life in America. 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.
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