Publisher Description
Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic—a seamless blend of fact and fiction that explores the tragedy's impact and its lasting repercussions on survivors and their descendants.
Ireland, 1912. Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic, hoping to find a better life in America. For seventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy, the journey is bittersweet. Though her future lies in an unknown new place, her heart remains in Ireland with Séamus, the sweetheart she left behind. When disaster strikes, Maggie is one of the lucky few passengers in steerage who survives. Waking up alone in a New York hospital, she vows never to speak of the terror and panic of that terrible night ever again.
Chicago, 1982. Adrift after the death of her father, Grace Butler struggles to decide what comes next. When her Great Nana Maggie shares the painful secret she harbored for almost a lifetime about the Titanic, the revelation gives Grace new direction—and leads her and Maggie to unexpected reunions with those they thought lost long ago.
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“Blending fact and fiction, the
story of seventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy, one of the few steerage passengers
on the Titanic to survive, is
beautifully narrated by Connor Kelly-Eiding and Alana Kerr…The two gifted
narrators take listeners from Maggie’s voyage in 1912 to the year 1982, when
she finally reveals her ‘important’ story to her great-granddaughter, Grace.
Maggie’s lovely young-girl’s voice, with its soft Irish lilt, is a flawless
fit, while Grace’s more modern inflections and aggressive American persona are
pitch-perfect.”
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About the Narrators
Connor Kelly-Eiding is an LA native and a graduate of
the University of Southern California's BFA Acting Program. She has been seen
onstage all across Los Angeles, with such troupes as the Mechanicals Theatre
Group, Four Clowns, and Antaeus Classical Theatre Company. She has also
provided voice over narration for numerous audiobooks and is known for her role
in the television series House of Lies.
Alana Kerr Collins is an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. She is also an actor, puppeteer, and singer who studied at the Impulse Company in London and earned a BA in drama and English at the University of Dublin, Trinity College. She starred in the short films Rachel 9000, The Deal, and Veritas and has appeared in several television series, including Emu and Big City Park.
Alana Kerr Collins is an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. She is also an actor, puppeteer, and singer who studied at the Impulse Company in London and earned a BA in drama and English at the University of Dublin, Trinity College. She starred in the short films Rachel 9000, The Deal, and Veritas and has appeared in several television series, including Emu and Big City Park.