The Titanic Survivors Book Club

A remarkable tale about the life-changing power of books,following the Titanic librarian whose survival upends the course of his life. For weeks after the sinking of the TitanicYorick spots his own name among the list of those lost at sea. As an apprentice librarian for the White Star Linehis job was to curate the ship’s second-class library. But just as he was about to board to tend to his library throughout the passagea superior takes his placeleaving Yorick stranded at the dock. The Titanic was not Yorick’s first brush with deathbut as with every near-miss he manages to escape into the world of books. After he learns of the ship’s sinkinghe takes this twist of fate as a sign to follow his lifelong dream of owning a bookshop in Paris. It’s at his shop that he receives an invitation to a secret society of survivors where he encounters other ticket-holders who didn’t board the ship. Haunted by their good fortunethey decide to transform their group into a book societywhere they can grapple with their own anxieties through the guise of discussing contentious works such as The Awakening or The Picture of Dorian Gray. Of the ragtag group of survivorsYorick finds himself particularly drawn to the wealthy candy heiress Zinnia and the mysterious and alluring Haze. Yorick feels like an outsider looking infalling hopelessly for Haze as Haze courts Zinnia; a tangled triangle of love and friendship forms between them. Yet with the Great War loomingtheir close-knit group is shatteredonly brought back together once the death of a fellow book club member leaves them wondering what fate has in store for each of them. Elegant and elegiacThe Titanic Survivors’ Book Club is a dazzling ode to lovechanceand the transformative power of books to bring people together.