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Author:

Christensen, Kate, 1962- author.

Title:

The last cruise : a novel / Kate Christensen.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

285 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Ocean liners--Fiction.
Ocean travel--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Ocean liners--Fiction.
Ocean travel--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Action and adventure fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Sea fiction.

Summary:

"The 1950s vintage ocean liner Queen Isabella is making her final voyage before heading to the scrapyard. For the guests on board, among them Christine Thorne, a former journalist turned Maine farmer, it's a chance to experience the bygone mid-20th century era of decadent luxury cruising . . . The Isabella sets sail from Long Beach, CA into calm seas on a two-week retro cruise to Hawaii and back. But this is the second decade of an uncertain new millennium, not the sunny, heedless fifties, and certain disquieting signs of strife and malfunction above and below decks intrude on the festivities. Down in the main galley, Mick Szabo, a . . . sous-chef, watches escalating tensions among the crew. Meanwhile, Miriam Koslow, a . . . violinist with the Sabra Quartet, becomes increasingly aware of the age-related vulnerabilities of the ship herself and the cynical corners cut by the cruise ship company, Cabaret. When a time of crisis begins, Christine, Mick, and Miriam find themselves facing the unknown together in an unexpected and startling test of their characters"--Amazon.com.

Indexed by:

Library Journal, March 2018
Booklist starred, May 2018
Publisher's Weekly, May 2018
Kirkus Review, June 2018
Library Journal
Booklist starred
Publisher's Weekly

ISBN:

0385536283
9780385536288

LCCN:

2017030311

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