false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg 5421978 1 Science, spiritualism, history, and romance intertwine in Suzanne Weyn's newest novel. Four sisters and their mother make their way from a spiritualist town in New York to London, becoming acquainted with journalist W. T. Stead, scientist Nikola Tesla, and industrialist John Jacob Astor. When they all find themselves on the Titanic, one of Tesla's inventions dooms them...and one could save them. 5489521 15 4 2009 Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic total:162|5:36|4:50|3:56|2:15|1:5| 162 583 443 58 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 4 2 false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 15:48:50 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 17:20:06 -0700 2009
You get "Distant Waves".

"Distant Waves" is quite unlike anything I've read before. Sure, I've heard ...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 07:39:37 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 14:36:20 -0700 2009
The story chronicles the adventure of Jane Taylor, one of five sisters, the daughter of a medium in the New York town of Spirit Vale. From a young age, they have been exposed to the arts of the unkno...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:39:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:41:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 3 0 false Fri May 08 16:46:29 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 16:46:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 5 0 false Tue Apr 28 15:00:08 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 15:03:41 -0700 2009
What would you do if you had foreseen the sinking of the Titanic?

DISTANT WAVES is one of many re-tellings of the mysterious happenings surrounding the greatest shipwreck of all time, but Suzanne Weyn's version stands out with its b...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 2 1 false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 20:30:40 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 20:41:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 5 0 false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 17:14:13 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 17:25:13 -0700 2009 This is a book of imagination. Those lacking imagination will be annoyed by it but those open to the world of possibility will be thrilled. The opening attribution from Hamlet lets you know what's in store. "There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy."...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 16:45:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 16:55:16 -0700 2009
It is partly about the Titanic, partly about sisters and family life, a little bit of early feminism, some romance, and several really historical people and situations to add spice. ...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 4 0 true Fri Jun 19 06:18:29 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 06:19:37 -0700 2009 At its start, reminds of Prophecy of the Sisters (Michelle Zink), with a women’s world of daughters and aunts left behind when fathers and mothers seem lost. More emphatically, though, this is an American Studies novel of its age. I can see why the book would have caught Scholastic’s eye: ...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 3 1 false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 20:03:39 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 20:06:07 -0700 2009 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 3 0 false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 08:03:18 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 08:05:39 -0800 2009 http://booksatmidnight.blogspot.com/2009...

Bottom Line: Distant Waves was definitely a book I'd recommend for young adult readers that REALLY like historical fiction. I'm still amazed by how much historical information the Suzanne managed to pack into this one book and h...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 3 1 false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 05:56:35 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 06:10:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 3 0 false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 20 08:05:53 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 09:55:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 1 1 false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 09:48:57 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 10:50:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 5 2 false Mon May 25 14:25:44 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 14:29:02 -0700 2009 She's outdone herself completely! Maude, the mother, is such a complex character. She unconditionally loves her children, but she has some things happening in her mind as well :s My favorite character? Besides Jane of couse, was Amelie. I wanted to know why she did...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 4 0 false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 11:52:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 07:18:25 -0700 2009
The plot was very riveting. It drew the reader (me!) in immediately. I loved how Suzanne managed to include facts with fiction and spun it so ...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 2 1 false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 09:11:14 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 16:33:27 -0700 2009
The thing that most annoyed me about Distant Waves is that t...more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 2 0 true Sun Jun 28 17:09:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 17:13:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 0 1 false Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 09:26:28 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 09:34:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5421978 0545085721 9780545085724 160 57 3.60 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255797099m/5421978.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5421978.Distant_Waves_A_Novel_of_the_Titanic 3 0 false Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 04:20:22 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 04:31:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5421978