The Responsible Party: A Novel

A rollicking, "unsinkable," (Sam Lipsyte), and "terrifically comic" (The New York Times) debut novel about a family of unforgettable women obsessed with securing their legacy, for fans of Geek Love

Claire grew up with the legend of the Unsinkable Mounsey Women. Her great-great-grandmother Fanny made headlines in 1915 for washing ashore in England nearly a year after her ship sank. Fanny's daughter Sarah went to collect her mother on the equally ill-fated Lusitania-whose sinking she, too, sur...