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1912: One journey will change their lives forever
The Titanic Sisters
What you need to know before your trail
To follow her dreams, she must sacrifice everything…
Sisters Nora and Delia have been given the chance of a lifetime – to escape their poor Irish farm and travel on the Titanic to a new life in America. Nora is to become a treasured governess for a rich family, while Delia has only a lowly maid’s position.
But when disaster strikes, and Nora dies, a small misunderstanding leads to Delia taking Nora’s place as governess. As Delia grows closer to her charge, and the girl’s father, will she be able to reveal the truth to find a chance at happiness? And what will happen when she finds out that Nora is actually alive, and coming to take what is rightfully hers…?
Locations
Reset- Atlantic Ocean/ USA
- D: Titanic Sinking
- E: NY - NYC - Titanic Memorial Park
- F: NY - NYC - Pier 34
- G: Texas
Travel Guide
A story of The Titanic set from Ireland to New York and Texas
Two sisters are given the opportunity of a lifetime to live and work in America. One will be a mere servant, the other a ladies maid. They both set sail on the infamous Titanic to start their new life.
Two sisters, two new paths in life. Two very different paths in life…
Ireland
They start their life in Donegal, Ireland before setting off across the Atlantic Ocean on the Titanic. The scenes of the sinking and the chaos before and after is well evoked yet heartbreaking to read about.
New York
Once in New York, the story takes off even more. A new life, a new city and a new chance for one of the characters. She goes to work in a grand house and loves her new job. She realises that she is an outsider in more ways than one. The fear and drama following the Titanic tragedy is well evoked and there is a sense of strange situations people went through at the time.
Texas
There’s a section of the story set in between the mining tows of Texas. Life here in the middle of nowhere is interesting to read and a setting you would not expect in a Titanic centered story.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Titanic Sisters
Destination/location: Atlantic Ocean, Southampton, New York, Texas Author/guide: Patricia Falvey Departure Time: 1912
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