Salt to the Sea
of Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author)
Description
While the Titanic and Lusitania are both well-documented disasters, the single greatest tragedy in maritime history is the little-known January 30, 1945 sinking in the Baltic Sea by a Soviet submarine of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German cruise liner that was supposed to ferry wartime personnel and refugees to safety from the advancing Red Army. The ship was overcrowded with more than 10,500 passengers â the intended capacity was approximately 1,800 â and more than 9,000 people, including 5,000 children, lost their lives. Sepetys (writer of 'Between Shades of Gray') crafts four fictionalized but historically accurate voices to convey the real-life tragedy. Joana, a Lithuanian with nursing experience; Florian, a Prussian soldier fleeing the Nazis with stolen treasure; and Emilia, a Polish girl close to the end of her pregnancy, converge on their escape journeys as Russian troops advance; each will eventually meet Albert, a Nazi peon with delusions of grandeur, assigned to the Gustloff decks.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 391 pages
- Publisher Philomel Books
- Publication Date February 2nd 2016
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780399160301
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['World War II (WW II)', 'East Prussia']
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