RaveAirMail\"Now, if the conclusion of the trial has left us with some time on our hands, if we find ourselves missing the company of Big Red and Fast Eddie, Buster and Bubba, maybe Tangled Vines is just what we need ... pulls aside the South Carolina Low Country’s curtain of Spanish moss and steps smoothly into its swamp of corruption, embezzlement, and murder, delivering a Baedeker of the family’s steady rise and spectacular fall ... Glatt takes us swiftly through the familiar twists and turns of the double-murder trial. By the end of the book, Alex is just a pathetic voice recorded in his phone calls from jail, often to Buster, the only survivor of the Murdaugh madness. And Buster doesn’t seem to have much time for chatting with his dad.\
Helen Rappaport
PositiveAir MailRappaport’s account of this escape in 1920 of thousands in overcrowded, listing ships from Crimea to Constantinople and onward is vivid and harrowing ... As she narrates the broad story of displaced thousands over decades, Rappaport also illuminates individual lives ... It is a sad story, and Helen Rappaport tells it well.
Siân Evans
RaveAir MailSiân Evans tells stories of the women who made the crossing and those who took care of them from embarkation on one continent to docking on another ... Broadening her focus along the way, Evans writes entertainingly of corporate competition and improvements in ship design, describing grand and grandiose decoration in gratifying detail. We see the rise of pleasure cruising as a vacation and watch Prohibition drive the \'booze cruise\' outside American waters ... Like the best salty yarns, Maiden Voyages splices together intriguing personalities in extraordinary settings sailing through dramatic times, a tale well worth the fare.
