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WIN a copy of THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN

Thanks to Annie’s Books on Peregian, we have a copy of THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN to give away.

THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN

Lisa Wilkinson | Hachette | $34.99

The most famous ship in history, the subject of hundreds of films and books and a name which immediately conjures visions of unimaginable disaster on an enormous scale; the Titanic. What most of us do not know is that on board for that fateful voyage was the extraordinary Evelyn Marsden, a young woman with a wanderlust and a love of the sea, from a small country town in South Australia. Evelyn was the only Australian woman who survived the sinking. She was a champion rower and horsewoman who desired much more than the future expected of a young lady in the late 19th century. She wanted adventure, and she went out into the world, became a nurse and achieved everything she hoped for, including passage on the famously unsinkable Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912 as a stewardess. Wilkinson has deeply researched the famous disaster, and the reader cannot help but be impressed and amazed by the forensic detail throughout the book. Evelyn was instrumental in saving countless lives, due to her selfless dedication to other passengers, helping them to find their families and friends and to find safety in the lifeboats. She was reluctant to board a lifeboat herself, caring more for those around her, and once forced into Lifeboat 16, used her rowing skills to get quickly away from the sinking ship.