The Unsinkable Greta James
an uplifting and heart-warming novel of family, loss and love
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- 3,99 €
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Publisher Description
'Warm, funny, and bursting with heart' Rebecca Serle
'Beautiful, moving, hopeful' Emily Stone
Greta James is adrift. Literally.
Just after the sudden death of her mother, indie musician Greta James falls apart on stage. The footage quickly goes viral and she stops playing.
Months later, Greta - still heartbroken and very much adrift - reluctantly agrees to accompany her father, Conrad, on the Alaskan cruise her parents had booked to celebrate their fortieth anniversary. It could be their last chance to heal old wounds in the wake of shared loss. But the trip will also prove to be a voyage of discovery for them both.
In this unlikeliest of places, at sea and far from the packed venues where she usually plays, Greta will have to decide what her path forward might look like - and how to find her voice again.
'Gorgeous, heartfelt' Amanda Eyre Ward
'Moving and beautiful' 5* reader review
'Thoughtful and tender and true' Janelle Brown
'Full of warmth, heart and music' 5* reader review
'Filled with music, passion, and love of all kinds' Jill Santopolo
'Wonderful, inspiring and delightful' 5* reader review
'A total delight!' Christine Pride
'A heartwarming story reminding you to really live' 5* reader review
'Full of hope . . . vibrant' Linda Holmes
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Smith delivers a story of love and grief with her satisfactory adult debut (after the YA novel Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between). Greta James, a beleaguered rock star in her 30s grieving the sudden loss of her mother, Helen, sets off on an eight-day Alaskan cruise with her father, Conrad. The trip, which Helen had organized prior to her death, was supposed to be a wedding anniversary celebration. Greta, meanwhile, hasn't performed since an onstage meltdown went viral, and Greta and Conrad have an uneasy rapport because Conrad never supported Greta's career. Early on in the cruise, Greta meets Ben Wilder, an author and Columbia professor there to give lectures for the guests. The unlikely pair form an instant bond, and this romance, along with Greta's potential reconciliation with her father, propel a plot buoyed by majestic descriptions of the Alaskan wilderness. Hints of a disastrous development on the voyage never come to fruition, though Smith does a great job with her characters, particularly Greta, eliciting her charms and flaws in equal measure. There's not a whole lot to write home about with this, but it gets the job done.
