Lifeboat, The

Dead Calm Author: Charlotte Rogan Let's play a word association game. When I say "shipwreck survival," you think... "exciting"? "Action-packed"? "Heroism"? WRONG. Correct answers — at least, if you're preparing to read Charlotte Rogan's The Lifeboat — include "tedious," "dull," and, "Who is that character again? Were they in the boat this whole time?!" It's about as much fun as an actual shipwreck, although you probably won't have to eat raw seagull to survive. Probably. In 1914 (two years after the Titanic), Grace Winter and her new husband Henry are sailing from England to the U.S. on the luxury cruise [...]