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Larson writes historic non-fiction with remarkable balance & dexterity.

He brings forth personal detail to invite emotional resonance & recognition, making something so distant as a shipwreck 110 years ago feel near & vital.

Then he steps back to widen the scope, to show how incidents of the past intersect & connect, reflect & echo.

It‘s a rhythm of “up close” then “big picture” then back again. And I will read as many books as he puts out.

A very slow 150 page start. I almost DNFed but I didn't feel like choosing another book to start 😂 Once it really got into the meat of the story it was actually interesting.

30/80

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"The evening had turned blue and soft, the way New York does in May, and I decided to walk to the book club and save the bus fare."

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Reading my TBR

Very good!
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1915: Tessa Fairchild boards the Lusitania and meets Julian Ashford, an intelligence officer. Amidst espionage, they fall in love. The ship sinks, and a legendary necklace, the Heart of the Sea, disappears.

1938: Sarah Blake, working for Robert Langford, whose mother survived the Lusitania, uncovers family secrets and the necklace's mystery through letters from an anonymous survivor. ⬇️

Reading the 2nd Team W book in preparation for a weekend author event with them the 1st weekend in November in Newport, RI
Maybe the pocket watch in its casing was the inspiration for the pocket watch in this book!

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I‘m always amazed when a writer can make such a suspenseful story when the reader already knows the ending.

The mysterious golden sky orb shining…on a *Saturday*! Naturally I had to take this rare opportunity to read outside for a change. 😀☀️

4.5 ⭐

Erik Larson writes well researched books. When I read a book that he has written I know that I am going to get well researched, well written book that will transport me to whatever the year or years the book includes. I can vividly see myself there.

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