Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
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Three women, linked by more then just that fateful voyage on the luxury cruise liner. And somebody's got to sink....
Louisa and Kathleen, best friends since birth, are thrown together when Kathleen's mother abandons her and her father is killed. Louisa's father, an abusive drunk for as long as anybody can remember, is horrendously killed in a docking accident, leaving a suspiciously large sum of money in the box beneath his bed. Dreaming to be free of the life in the Manchester slums, Louisa's mother grabs their bags and the money and buys a passage aboard the magnificent cruise liner, the Titanic, hoping for a better life for her children. But her girls have will now have challenges to face that will test even their faith in dreams....
Elizabeth was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, so life aboard the cruiser was nothing less of what she deserved and had gotten over the years. She and her 18 month older-than-her brother board the Titanic alone, hoping to be reunited with their travelling parents in the New World. But this spoiled little girl has a lot to learn before the ship goes down....
Many stories. Many tragedies. I might tell you some more some day. After all, these three girls stories are only the tip of the iceberg......
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