Whirlpool, Eileen Enwright Hodgetts
Whirlpool, Eileen Enwright Hodgetts
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Whirlpool
1923: Evangeline challenges Niagara Falls

Author: Eileen Enwright Hodgetts

Narrator: Nancy Batco

Unabridged: 11 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/27/2016


Synopsis

A young widow ready to risk everything! Niagara Falls ready to take it all… The year is 1923 and the jazz age is in full swing. Evangeline Murray, a young widow from Ohio, is recruited by the Women’s Freedom Movement to represent the spirit of modern womanhood by plunging over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Evangeline eagerly embraces her opportunity to achieve fame and fortune, until she sees the power of the river and begins to understand the risk she is taking. Joshua McClaren, an enigmatic battle-scarred veteran of World War I, and the best boatman on the river, reluctantly agrees to launch the headstrong Evangeline. Joshua has seen hundreds of bodies surface in the Whirlpool below the Falls, and has faced death on the battlefields of Flanders so he has no respect for the charming, impetuous Mrs. Murray, and her desire for fame. Before the barrel can be launched, each of them will have to face their own demons; painful secrets will be revealed and the Niagara River will claim another life. Inspired by true stories of the Falls, Whirlpool is a romance, an adventure, and the closest that most of us will ever come to taking the fateful plunge over the Falls. Buy "Whirlpool" today to feel the thrill of plunging over the Falls and into …?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 23, 2014

A novel based round the birth of feminism in the USA and the women's freedom movement influence over the women they meet on their road trying to achieve notoriety by recruiting a widow who has debts to go over Niagara falls in a barrel. The language and text with short paragraphs make this a very ea......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on December 24, 2013

This is possibly one of the easiest-to-read books I have read in a long time. There was never a dull moment, and I never found myself bored. This was historical fiction at its best with a little romance and intrigue on the side. I honestly knew very little about Niagara Falls, and I had no idea that......more

Goodreads review by TAMMY on November 30, 2012

After Evangeline Murray's husband left her an indebted young widow, she agreed to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel to represent the Women's Freedom Movement. Cornelia Braithwaite, head of the Movement, and Iris De Vere, financial backer of the Movement, are on hand to make sure that Evangeline carr......more

Goodreads review by Jean on July 15, 2019

A fascinating story of what one woman, Evangeline, will do to gain fame and fortune, go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel... not in my lifetime! Well written with a colorful range of characters that inspire a colorful range of emotions. I enjoyed the wit in the dialogues, especially dry in the char......more