6/19/2023 0 Comments Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn![]() ![]() The interplay of science, spirituality, history and romance will satisfy. After a trip to England, the sisters find themselves on the Titanic-the author uses a touch of the fantastic to provide a (mostly) happy conclusion. The story's pace is slow, but it picks up as the years pass, and Jane falls in love with Tesla's assistant, Thad. ![]() Science has an equally important role, as Jane becomes obsessed with Tesla, following his career in the paper and then seeking him out. The beginning of the novel centers on the girls' mother's spiritual work, with Jane unsure of her mother's clairvoyance. That same life-changing day, on their way to a spiritualist community outside Buffalo, N.Y., the newly-fatherless family is caught in an artificial earthquake caused by real-life scientist Nikola Tesla. ![]() Weyn's historical novel climaxes with the sinking of the Titanic, but it begins in 1898 when narrator Jane, the second of five sisters, is four years old and observing her mother, a medium, contact the spirit world for the first time. Distant Waves, by Suzanne Weyn The StoryGraph Distant Waves Suzanne Weyn 330 pages first pub 2009 ( editions) fiction historical romance young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced Description Chased by their pasts and drawn toward a more hopeful future, four sisters embark on the journey of their lives.aboard the Titanic. ![]()
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