“The most remarkable achievement within Charlotte Rogan’s debut novel, ‘The Lifeboat,’ is how neatly it exceeds, and defies, expectations.” The complete review can be found here.
“The most remarkable achievement within Charlotte Rogan’s debut novel, ‘The Lifeboat,’ is how neatly it exceeds, and defies, expectations.” The complete review can be found here.
…calling it “an enthralling story of survival at sea” and “one hell of a debut.”
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—The New York Times Journalist Julie Bosman on Charlotte’s transition at age 57 from closet writer to published author.
Click the link to read the Goodreads interview and learn more about the inspiration behind The Lifeboat.
“…with echoes of Joseph Conrad, Lord of the Flies and the Ancient Mariner. Rogan has waited until her fifties to publish her first novel and the wait has paid off. It is that rare thing — a book that is as compelling as it is profound.”
calls The Lifeboat “a dark, brutal novel” that is also “vividly exciting, beautifully paced and surprisingly funny.” The complete review can be found here.