Aboard the S.S. Kroonland, Valentina Meyer, a beautiful, mysterious woman wearing a white evening gown, admits to being a stowaway on the ocean liner headed toward Ellis Island. Now a passenger with a secret and an uncertain future, she becomes the central figure around whom the lives of a small group of first-class passengers revolve.
Henri is a sculptor who unexpectedly falls in love with Billie, a young lady dependent upon a gentleman to support her. But Billie has a secret that will change her life and that of William, the gentleman upon whose generosity she relies.
Thomas, traveling with his sister Victoria, falls desperately in love with Valentina, resisting his sister's attempts to prevent their relationship. Lily, a sharp, analytical young woman bound to a wheelchair, befriends Henri as she observes the goings-on.
A symbolic journey that investigates the natural transitions between phases in our lives, She Wore Only White explores the deepest recesses of the human heart.
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German author Dörthe Binkert’s acclaimed first novel, She Wore Only White, merged history and fiction in the resplendent tale of a young woman fleeing her past on a transatlantic voyage to America. Binkert, who has published nonfiction as well as fiction, has a PhD in literature, and spent decades working as an editor and editor-in-chief for several major German publishing houses. Now a freelance writer, she lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
Tanya Eby is a novelist and an audiobook narrator who has earned several AudioFile Earphones Awards and been nominated for the Audie Award. She has a BA degree in English language and literature and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine.