The Lost Passenger by Frances Quinn

 

Marrying above your social class can come with unexpected consequences, as Elinor Coombes discovers when she is swept into a fairy-tale marriage with the son of English aristocrats. But she realizes too late that it was the appeal of her father’s hard-earned wealth rather than her own pretty face that attracted her new husband and his family. Ground down by rigid social rules that include her being allowed to see her nanny-raised infant son for only moments each day, Elinor faces a lonely future. But a present from her father—tickets for the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, a luxurious new ocean liner—offers a welcome escape from the cold, controlling atmosphere of her husband’s ancestral home, and some precious time with her little son, Teddy.

After the ship goes down, Elinor grasps at the chance to take Teddy and start a new life in America: They can disappear completely if they are listed among the dead. After stealing another woman’s identity, a now penniless Elinor must put that terrible night behind her and learn to survive in a brash new world that couldn’t be more different from her own. And when a face from the past appears, she must risk everything to keep her secret—and her son.

An absorbing historical drama set between the hidebound traditions of the English aristocracy and the opportunities of a bustling young city, The Lost Passenger is a gripping and dramatic story about grabbing your chances with both hands, and being brave enough to find out who you really are.

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About The Author

 

Welcome to my Amazon author page! If you've made it here, you'll probably know I'm the author of The Smallest Man, my debut novel, about a boy who beomes a 'court dwarf' in 17th century England. My latest book is That Bonesetter Woman, set around a century later, in Georgian London. It's about a young woman, Endurance Proudfoot, who wants to be a bonesetter, her sister who becomes a famous actress, a baby left at the Foundling Hospital, an unwise marriage - and some lions!

You might be a bit surprised to see a series of law textbooks here too. It's not a mistake, they're mine as well - it's always good to have more than one string to your bow! But for the avoidance of confusion, I'm not the same Frances Quinn who won Great British Bake Off, though I do make a very good Pineapple Upside Down Cake. 

 

My Review

 I really enjoyed this read, from beginning to end, and then the blip of whats to come!
I can just imagine the young girl impressed at being invited to a society affair, and then the chance meeting of her future husband, yes he swept her off her feet.
The wedding and then reality! The one saving grace was her darling Teddy, but the truth of life, so different and so cold.
Her father had promised, two years prior, tickets on the maiden voyage of the beautiful new ship, the Titanic! He provides her with five tickets, one for her, her husband, son, maid and butler. We know what happens to the ship, but do any survive?
The story gets even more interesting, when she takes the name of a missing passenger, and assumes her life.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, but there are a few whom she comes in contact with that figure out the the truth.
Does she get away with it? What a page turner for answers, and yes, they come, with even more surprises!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, and was not required to give a positive review.