Sisters of Fortune

A Novel of the Titanic

By: Anna Lee Huber

Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith

April, 1912: It's the perfect finale to a Grand Tour of Europe—sailing home on the largest, most luxurious ocean liner ever built. For the Fortune sisters, the voyage offers a chance to reflect on the treasures of the past they've seen and contemplate the futures that await them.

For Alice, there's foreboding mixed with her excitement. A fortune teller in Egypt gave her a dire warning about traveling at sea. And the freedom she has enjoyed on her travels contrasts with her fiance's plans for her return—a cossetted existence she's no longer sure she wants.

Flora is returning to a fiance, a well-to-do banker of whom her parents heartily approve. Another man—charming, exasperating, completely unsuitable—occupies her thoughts, daring her to follow her desires.

Youngest sister Mabel knows her parents arranged this Grand Tour to separate her from a jazz musician. But Mabel has little interest in marrying at all, preferring to explore ideas of suffrage and reform—even if it forces a rift with her family.

Each sister grapples with the choices before her as the grand vessel glides through the Atlantic waters. Until, on an infamous night, fate intervenes, forever altering their lives . . .

©2024 Anna Aycock (P)2024 Tantor

You can almost smell the salty air.

The voice transitions were flawless. I was hooked from the beginning. It's the book version of Titanic the Movie, and like always much better.

Absolutely Gripping Novel Brilliantly Written!

This review os about teh Audible version of this book.

I have always been fascinated by the Titanic in all its forms: News of the day, memoirs and fictional books, the movies and TV shows, plus the exhibits that feature so many intriguing facts. I have seen every movie made about the tragic sinking of the Titanic and will continue to eagerly read books and watch shows and movies about it.

This book was brilliantly written, and it was amazing to me to read so many facts, and marvel at the volume of detailed information that Ms. Anna Lee Huber inserts between the story about the Fortune family while they traveled on the Titanic.

Even though I know full well how the main story ends, it is still gripping to learn about a new set of protagonists, and how they were affected by the tragedy.

This is such an engaging story, told in such a wonderful way. Descriptions of Titanic locations and of customs and idiosyncrasies of the era are fascinating and well told.

After the book ends, I was going to research information about how the author conducted her research, but I did not need to do that, because there is a lengthy Authors' Note that gives so much information about her research. I loved this explanation.

I have most of Ms. Anna Lee Huber's books and have not had a chance to listen to them yet, but I will make sure to start listening to her Verity Kent historical mystery series very soon.

I also have to state that the narrator, Ms. Emily Sutton-Smith does a superb job of "performing" the story. I look forward o listening to more books narrated by her.

I highly recommend this book to any historical mystery fans.


Reading Progress

A story about real people’s lives on the Titanic not so the sinking of the ship. Different than most Titanic stories

There was nothing I disliked about the book. I did read a story about the mother cat who took her kittens off the ship while docked

Character development

Loved the story and that it was part historical and part fiction. Interesting how that era thought and truly believed.

Nice recounting of Titanic

Good story telling but a bit more lengthy than necessary in development of characters. Ending ok .