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Reviewed on November 1, 2025 | Fiction
Like Abé's 2021 novel The Second Mrs. Astor, her latest work of historical fiction is set on the Lusitania, an Edwardian ocean liner that became most famous for being torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War I, killing more than one thousand people. It begins with the dual stories of the Jolivet sisters—one an aspiring actress, the other an intensely shy violinist—and moves on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More


