Is was good. I liked the individual perspective of each of the characters in the story.

I really enjoyed this historical novel. The way the author frames the story and develops the charters relationship is amazing. My first book by Matt Bondurant but it won’t be the last.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Emotional...felt absorbed into it.

A remarkable story, well told. From the sources that I found after reading, the novel really reflects the awful disaster that befell Galveston and the terrible aftermath which the survivors faced. The human suffering was at once made better by the efforts of many, including the Red Cross, and made worse by those who espoused and acted upon age-old in-bred Southern hatred for Blacks, Jews and foreigners. Stylistically, the author chose not to use antiquated idioms or dialect and at times, when telling Hester's ( the child survivor) story, he did not change the vocabulary to make it sound like a child's thoughts ( and, actually, she doesnt speak any of it--it is her thoughts). But I think in the end that was the correct choice.

The entire range of man-from depths of depravity (the clan. Jails, corrupt power brokers), to unwavering dedication (nuns, Clara Barton Red Cross, international donors, the rabbi). To see Galveston today and understand history and rebuilding

The book was enjoyable because I learned about the terrible Texas hurricane of 1900 and how important the Red Cross was then and still is! While the male narrator was good, I didn't like the female's narration because she always seemed to be trying to catch her breath!

A touching historically-based story about the Red Cross and Clara Barton during the Galveston flood in the early 20th Century. This story intersects with a different story about a boxer during the Jack Johnson era who meets a Red Cross nurse and an orphaned girl. The author provides good details about the time, the local setting, and how people from different races, genders, and income levels interacted. The narrator was very good.

A beautifully crafted & expertly narrated historical fiction audiobook. Loved the last entry describing the photo that may have sparked the writer's imagination to write this believable story based on an event that changed the lives of so many as the 20th Century dawned in Texas.

The book was much better than I thought, we’ll written and very well read.