![]() ![]() In fact, I didn’t think I could write a story about the Titanic at all, even once I finished the current book. But I was in the throes of writing The Downstairs Girl, a YA book centered in a different part of the world and a different century-Atlanta, 1890-and I didn’t have space in my brain to nurture a story set in the cold waters of the Atlantic. Why had I never heard of these passengers? And how did the 75% of them survive, when the survival rate for the third-class passengers was more like 25%? ![]() ![]() They were the largest group of non-European or North American passengers sailing on the ocean liner-and a remarkable six of them survived. The article informed me that there were actually eight Chinese passengers sailing on this ill-fated ship, seamen bound for a new route in the Caribbean. ![]()
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