Titanic Ashes

A Halifax Chronicle Herald BestsellerIn 1925, in a London restaurant, J. Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line, has a quiet dinner with his daughter Evelyn. Through the extravagant foliage of the dining room, a young woman watches. Like Ismay, Miranda Grimsden was a passenger on board the ill-fated Titanic that terrible night in April 1912. Fuelled by simmering emotions, Ismay, Evelyn, and Miranda take a backwards journey through the thirteen intervening years to confront issues of cowardice, spite, and revenge, and to dare themselves to exorcise the spectre of the past.&quote;Titanic Ashes resets the immense and famous tragedy on an intimate scale, interlaced with family loyalties and individual memories.&quote; -- The Telegram&quote;Butler covers a lot of ground in a short space, and the flashbacks are vivid and well executed.&quote; -- Quill & Quire&quote;With surprising conclusions for all, this gem of a novel is sure to please those looking to expand on what came after&quote; -- Historical Novels Review