Review: Sisters of Fortune

 When the Fortune sisters board the ill-fated Titanic they are ending a months-long Grand Tour with their parents, brother, and assorted friends from Canada. The sisters each feel they are at a crossroads. Will the eldest sister, Flora, return to a life of safe, but dull respectability? Middle sister Alice has discovered a love for adventure, but what will happen when she tells her fiance? And youngest, Mabel, pushes against expectations, wishing to take life by the horns. For each of them, their choices, and their futures, come into focus when the Titanic hits the iceberg. Things will never be the same for the Fortune family.

“Sisters of Fortune” masterfully blends a triple story line (the three sisters) with the timeline of the Titanic disaster. Anna Lee Huber’s attention to detail about the ship, the ill-fated journey across the Atlantic, and the lives of the first class passengers is impressive. I appreciate that Huber acknowledges and gives sensitive treatment to the trauma that real survivors of the Titanic must have felt.

Be sure to read the author’s note about the origins of this story!

“Sisters of Fortune” is great for those who like historical fiction and tales from the Titanic. 

I received an advance review copy from NetGalley and Kensington Books for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.