The Lost Passenger
the most big-hearted story you'll read this year
Frances Quinn
- In
- the
- chaos
- of
- that
- terrible
- night,
- her
- secret
- went
- down
- with
- the
- Titanic.
- But
- secrets
- have
- a
- way
- of
- floating
- to
- the
- surface…Trapped
- in
- an
- unhappy
- aristocratic
- marriage,
- Elinor
- Coombes
- sees
- only
- lonely
- days
- ahead
- of
- her.
- So
- a
- present
- from
- her
- father
- -
- tickets
- for
- the
- maiden
- voyage
- of
- a
- huge,
- luxurious
- new
- ship
- called
- the
- Titanic
- –
- offers
- a
- welcome
- escape
- from
- the
- cold,
- controlling
- atmosphere
- of
- her
- husband’s
- ancestral
- home,
- and
- some
- precious
- time
- with
- her
- little
- son,
- Teddy.When
- the
- ship
- goes
- down,
- Elinor
- realises
- the
- disaster
- has
- given
- her
- a
- chance
- to
- take
- Teddy
- and
- start
- a
- new
- life
- –
- but
- only
- if
- they
- can
- disappear
- completely,
- listed
- as
- among
- the
- dead.
- Penniless
- and
- using
- another
- woman’s
- name,
- she
- has
- to
- learn
- to
- survive
- in
- a
- world
- that
- couldn’t
- be
- more
- different
- from
- her
- own,
- and
- keep
- their
- secret
- safe.An
- uplifting
- story
- about
- grabbing
- your
- chances
- with
- both
- hands,
- and
- being
- brave
- enough
- to
- find
- out
- who
- you
- really
- are.‘A
- thoroughly
- enjoyable
- novel
- about
- being
- brave
- enough
- to
- grab
- hold
- of
- a
- second
- chance
- and
- make
- the
- most
- of
- it’
- Louise
- Hare‘An
- acutely
- observed
- account
- of
- one
- woman’s
- struggle
- to
- escape
- the
- shackles
- of
- an
- aristocratic
- marriage,
- and
- the
- desperate
- decisions
- she
- has
- to
- make
- after
- the
- sinking
- of
- the
- Titanic.
- You’ll
- be
- rooting
- for
- Elinor
- Coombes
- all
- the
- way
- in
- this
- compelling,
- heart-warming
- novel’
- Gill
- Paul‘A
- brilliant,
- big-hearted
- book
- with
- a
- brave
- and
- complex
- heroine
- struggling
- to
- make
- a
- new
- life
- for
- herself
- and
- her
- son
- after
- the
- wreckage
- of
- the
- Titanic.
- A
- powerful
- and
- inspiring
- story
- about
- finding
- strength
- in
- the
- face
- of
- insurmountable
- odds’
- Anna
- Mazzola‘Excoriates
- the
- British
- aristocracy
- who
- put
- dynastic
- ambitions
- above
- love
- and
- happiness.
- A
- beautifully
- written
- page-turner
- of
- the
- highest
- order.
- We
- are
- with
- Elinor
- on
- her
- riches
- to
- rags
- adventure
- every
- step
- of
- the
- way’
- Lila
- Cain‘I
- was
- swept
- away
- by
- this
- story
- of
- bravery
- and
- resilience
- in
- a
- life
- of
- changing
- fortunes.
- Utterly
- compelling’
- Essie
- Fox‘Through
- her
- wonderfully
- imagined
- character
- of
- Elinor
- Coombes,
- Frances
- Quinn
- shapes
- a
- powerful,
- immersive
- and
- intriguing
- narrative
- of
- the
- Titanic
- tragedy.
- I
- walked
- every
- step
- of
- that
- journey
- with
- Elinor
- and
- Teddy,
- and
- still
- think
- about
- them
- long
- after
- turning
- the
- final
- page.
- Brilliant
- historical
- drama’
- Hazel
- Gaynor‘A
- vivid,
- compelling
- and
- immaculately
- researched
- story
- with
- a
- protagonist
- in
- Elinor
- you
- can’t
- help
- but
- root
- for’
- Lucy
- Barker‘I
- absolutely
- loved
- The
- Lost
- Passenger.
- I
- adored
- the
- writing
- style,
- the
- characterization
- and
- the
- gripping
- storyline
- to
- the
- extent
- that
- I
- couldn’t
- wait
- to
- get
- to
- the
- end
- whilst
- really
- not
- wanting
- it
- to
- end.
- Bliss!’
- Jill Mansell
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