Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland from west. On September 17, 1939, Russia invaded Poland from east. Torpedo strike: Approximately 9:15 p.m. Ship's capacity: 1,463. Passengers on board: 10,573. Lifeboats:22. But ten of the lifeboats were missing..... The boat was nose-first and tilting left, to port side. The stairs slanted at an awkward angle, making them even more difficult to climb. The lifeless body of a child lay trampled near the stairs. I tried to stop and pick him up but the surge of the crowd knocked me forward. Thousands of piercing screams filled the stairwell. "We're going to drown!" a woman cried. People clambered over one another as they climbed. The weaker ones fell backward and were sucked underfoot, unable to pull themselves up...... The severely angled deck. A woman throwing her baby down to a sailor. He reached. He missed. The child hit the steel raft and then rolled off into the sea. Thousands of desperate people jumping, kicking, gulping. Seawater filling mouths and nostrils, collapsing lungs. High waves, angry sea, snow, and wind. I the water, a young woman floated silently in a life vest. Her skirt rose up in a perfect circle around her. She turned in slow pirouette, dead arms outstretched, snow dusting her dark hair like powdered sugar. A set of false teeth drifted by on a piece of wood and faded into the darkness. ... Guilt is a hunter, Fate is a hunter, Fear is a hunter, Shame is a hunter...... Can history disappear if it's written in blood ? ! 这是我2023年读过的最喜欢的英文小说，类似题材体裁的All the light we can not see虽然得了普利策文学奖，但我觉得这本名不见经传作者的这本书，更加生动更加精妙，更让我数度落泪。。。 阅读字数: 35万字左右 阅读时间: 约40小时 难度等级: 6级 推荐指数: 4.5/5 #阅读 #芸娘的阅读笔记

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HIM: 开篇就有吸引力。放入书单了。