A Titanic Tennis Tale

Who knew? This book tells the story of Dick Williams and Karl Behr, both passengers on the Titanic and survivors of the disaster. Both rising tennis stars, they met briefly on the ill-fated ship, again after they were rescued on the Carpathia, and much later as opponents on the court. I'm sure there's some literary license at play here, but the author did her research also and includes the angst of restlessness, guilt, and depression, all in a time prior to the realization that feelings are not flaws. The book moves right along and was quite heartwarming, along with the heartbreak, of course. Theirs seemed to be a friendly kind of rivalry, as they had played a game together with much higher stakes, after all. I loved it.