Aleksandar Hemon's characters are romantics. At once painstakingly researched, compelling historical fiction with the lure of a heart and soul story concerning a woman coming to terms with her own heartbreaking trauma, Surviving Savannah is an epic novel that explores the metal of human spirit in crisis. The wreckage is discovered 180 years later in a hundred feet of water thirty-five miles off the coast of North Carolina. Everlys discovery of the Pulaski story and her subsequent research is a rough mirror of Callahans own introduction to the tale. The Longstreet family (inspired by the true Gazaway Bugg Lamar family) boarded the ship all together. East and West collide in a timely and bittersweet novel of loyalty, love, and the siren call of freedom. SUMMARY In 1838, twelve members of the Longstreet family of Savannah Georgia board the luxury steamship Pulaski, to travel to Baltimore to escape the brutal Savannah summers. Log in, (Book Club) 2019 Reading Recap and 2020 Reading Goals, What Im Reading || The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, {SOUTHERN STATE OF MIND BOOK CLUB} My Summer Reading List, What Im Reading || Daisy Jones & The Six, Lets Go Shopping || Elevated Stay-At-Home-Mom Fall Style Staples . Surviving Summer fans discover two cast members are dating IRL What rules does Joe give the narrator for surviving in Savannah East and West collide in a timely and bittersweet novel of loyalty, love, and the siren call of freedom. Lilly Forsyth boards holding her five-month-old daughter, accompanied by her Negro nursemaid, Pricilla, and her aristocratic and abusive husband, Adam. Summary: A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup. 75 views, 2 likes, 1 loves, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Tall Poppy Writers: First Chapter Fun - Episode 171 - SURVIVING SAVANNAH by Patti Callahan Listen to.