Ship of Dreams: A brand-new enthralling and heartbreaking story of friendship and love aboard the Titanic, perfect for fans of historical fiction in 2025

“Everyone aboard that ship had hopes and dreams and loved ones…Had I really blithely called this the ship of dreams when we boarded? More like ship of horrors…There were over two thousand souls on board, and every single person’s life would be changed tonight.” Donna Jones Alward’s Ship of Dreams is a novel of the Titanic, but it’s really the story of “two unlikely best friends, Hannah and Louisa –young women with hope for the future and the determination to make their dreams happen…Of course, they’re also harbouring some secrets, and that friendship is severely tested in more ways than one.” But when their loyalty and their very lives are tested, will their friendship capsize along with the Ship of Dreams or will their endings give them greater fulfillment and hope for the future than they could have imagined? “I fell utterly in love with Hannah and Lou. I love Hannah’s gentle, steadfast determination and her desire to make a happy home and family as a way of healing from her own pain of losing her mother at a young age. Conversely, I love the sometimes outrageous Lou, who consistently surprised me as I was [reading] and showed me that there were depths upon depths of feeling beneath her feisty exterior. That these two women were the closest of friends felt very right. And that their friendship is tested in so many ways is a testament to their devotion to each other and their capacity for acceptance and forgiveness,” hope and love. “The sinking of the Titanic was a horrible tragedy and incredibly traumatic for those who survived.” I never considered the Titanic as a feminist rite of passage, but “times of strife can bring out the best in people.” Gone were the frivolous, impulsive girls, and in their place, strong, competent women who could meet any challenge. Women who were still hurting but were moving forward despite the pain. That was who they’d always been, in the end. And the courage of these female “outliers, trailblazers, and in some cases, troublemakers” in navigating an increasingly chaotic world are as relevant then as they are today.