![]() Despite the 80-year time difference, the book is highly readable and you can appreciate the Jessop's humor. The way Violet describes childhood illnesses, moving across continents, and life at sea makes you feel like your having a conversation with her, which is what any good memoir aims for. ![]() So if your interested in her first hand account of the Titanic, you could probably read that section in 5 minutes and then be done with the book.īUT, if want to read it for its literary merits, then I would highly recommend it. The memoir barely concerns itself with the Titanic (as you read it, you quickly discover you're reading about Violet Jessop's life at sea, not the great unsinkable), devoting little more than a chapter to it. ![]() I was a little skeptical when first approaching this book, because seeing as it was republished in '97 the whole Leonardo Dicaprio Titanic thing was in full swing, so I was thinking that possibly the producers would manipulate the memoir to serve as a promotional tool (I know, my mind works in strange ways). ![]()
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